Hidekaz Himaruya (Japanese: 日丸屋 秀和, Hepburn: Himaruya Hidekazu, born May 8, 1985), also romanized as Hidekazu Himaruya, is a Japanese manga artist from Kōriyama, Fukushima. He dropped out of the Parsons The New School for Design and as of February 2012 he was a resident of New York City. He is most known for writing and illustrating the webmanga series Hetalia: Axis Powers, which has been adapted into an anime with six seasons.