Born in Gunma, Japan, in 1977.
Since high school he has been involved with drawing cartoons and soon for a contract with the publisher Sh?eisha. In 2003 his first manga, Fudegami (JUMPCOMICS, Sh?eisha) was published on a very popular monthly again called Gekkan Sh?nen Jump. Besides for drawing mangas he also works as a painter, inspired by Western style, and in 2008 he had his first personal exhibition titled Genesis - Paintings by Yoshiyasu Tamura at the Daimaru department store.
