Mitsuru Adachi (born 1951) is a Japanese manga artist from Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture. He made his debut in 1970 with "Kieta Bakuon" and has combined sports such as baseball and swimming with stories of family, romance, and decisions about the future. His representative work, "Touch," centers on twin brothers Tatsuya and Kazuya Uesugi and their childhood friend Minami Asakura, connecting their changing relationship with a shared dream of reaching Japan’s national high-school baseball tournament at Koshien. After Kazuya, an accomplished student and the baseball team’s ace, dies unexpectedly, the previously unmotivated Tatsuya takes the mound and confronts both the goal his brother left behind and his own feelings for Minami. "Touch," together with "Miyuki," received the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award, and "Touch" was adapted into a television anime and other screen productions.