Noriaki Kubo, known professionally as Tite Kubo (Japanese: 久保 帯人, Hepburn: Kubo Taito), is a renowned Japanese manga artist and character designer. Born on June 26, 1977, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Kubo is best known for his manga series Bleach, which ran from 2001 to 2016 and had over 130 million copies in circulation as of 2022.

Kubo's journey in the manga industry began with his first publicized work Zombiepowder. Despite the limited success of his early works, Kubo rose to international fame with Bleach, a series that has become one of the best-selling manga in history. Apart from manga, he is also involved in character designing.

While much about his personal life remains private, it is known that Tite Kubo is married, though his wife's name is not publicized.