Riku Sanjo was born in Oita in 1964. He began his manga career writing a radio-controlled car story for the magazine Comic BomBom. Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai launched in 1989 as Sanjo and Koji Inadas first work together. Beet the Vandel Buster, their latest collaboration, debuted in Monthly Shonen Jump in 2002. nKoji Inada was born in Tokyo in 1964. He debuted as a manga creator with Rouge Magic in 1985. His first serialized manga, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, started in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1989. Inada and Sanjos Dragon Quest IV Gaiden -Jigoku no Meikyu- (Dragon Quest IV Side Story: Hells Labyrinth) followed in 2001, the year before their most recent series. n nYuji Horii was born in Hyogo in 1954. He entered and won Enixs (now, Square Enix) game programming contest in 1982. As a game designer, hes known as the Dragon Quest series creator. Hes created multiple hit titles in the series and is still active in the world of game design.n