Eiji Usatsuka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eiji Usatsuka

Japanese illustrator

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1976

Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: illustrator

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Eiji Usatsuka (?? ???, Usatsuka Eiji, born August 16 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese light novel illustrator.
He is notable for the illustration for the series Zero no Tsukaima.
He illustrates insert images for many novels. After university graduation he was employed as illustrator by the visual novel publisher Visual Art's using the pseudonym Sawagani (????, Japanese Freshwater Crab).
As side job he made illustrations for light novels which is against the company policy.
The similarity of "both peoples" designs, were however noticed and later revealed by Toya Okano (scenario assistant for Visual Art's' Clannad) in a Dengeki G's Magazine interview article presenting Visual Art's brand Mana’s game Angel Magister.