Makoto Kobayashi (小林 まこと, Kobayashi Makoto) (born May 13, 1958) is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his unusual drawing style. One of his best known manga is What's Michael?, a manga about a curious orange cat and his many adventures that is often compared with Garfield. His earliest work is Grapple Three Brothers, which won the Shōnen magazine New manga artist award.^[1] He has twice won the Kodansha Manga Award, for Sanshiro of 1, 2 [ja] in 1981 and What's Michael? in 1986.^[2]