Noriaki Kubo (Japanese: 久保 宣章, Hepburn: Kubo Noriaki, born June 26, 1977), known professionally as Tite Kubo (久保 帯人, Kubo Taito), is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He is best known for his manga series Bleach (2001–2016), which had over 130 million copies in circulation as of 2022.