Robert Fujitani was born in 1921 to an Irish-Japanese family. After studying art in New York City, he drew comics for several small publishers within the city at the beginning of the 1940s. Some of his publishers include Avon, Dell Comics, Harvey Comics, Lev Gleason Publications, and others. He also illustrated magazine articles and was a ghostwriter on several comic series, including Flash Gordon. In the 1960s, he helped create the comic strip Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom. In the 1990s, he illustrated Rip Kirby. In 2005, he received an Inkpot Award at the San Diego Comic-Con.
Fujitani died on September 6, 2020 at the age of 98.