He originally began as an assistant to hentai manga artist Dirty Matsumoto, and then as an assistant to manga artist
Izumi Matsumoto in the production of
Kimagure Orange Road, creating his own stories in his spare time. He debuted in
Weekly Shonen Jump with two short stories,
Binetsu Rouge (in 1987) and
Virgin Tyrant (in 1988). He has also supervised, co-written and illustrated three
Bastard!! related novels for the
Jump! J Books imprint. His group of assistants are called
Studio Loud In School. They regularly publish a best-selling
dōjinshi,
Wonderful Megadeth, as well as various dōjinshi featuring popular fighting games such as
Dead or Alive,
Virtua Fighter and various
Capcom games. In 2012, he designed the armor for two jobs (Geomancer and Rune Fencer) in the 2013
Final Fantasy XI expansion,
Seekers of Adoulin. Hagiwara is a high school drop-out, however he is a graduate from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. ==Works==