Koji Aihara (相原 コージ, Aihara Kōji) is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaido.^[1]

Aihara grew up reading the works of Osamu Tezuka.^[2] He made his debut with Hachigatsu no Nureta Pantsu in 1983, which ran in Weekly Manga Action Magazine.^[1] He is one of the authors of Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, a satiric look at the manga industry.^[2] Aihara's other best-known works include Bunka Jinrui Gag, Koojien, Mujina and Manka.^[1] Manka has been described as being similar to tanka in that it shows the breadth of human emotion within the short space of a yonkoma.^[1] He has also drawn a yonkoma parody of a Japanese dictionary. His work has been described as breaking new ground for themes in comedic manga, and as showing "meticulous detail".^[1] He also designed the characters for the RPG video games Maka Maka and Idea no Hi (scenario and character design draft).

• Hachigatsu no Nureta Pantsu
• Katte ni Shirokuma
• Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
• Bunka Jinrui Gag
• Koojien
• Mujina
• Manka
• Z ~Zed~^[3]

• Maka Maka
• Day of the Idea

• Koji Aihara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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