Akiko Higashimura

Akiko Higashimura
東村 アキコ
Born (1975-10-15) October 15, 1975 (age 49)
Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist, writer
Notable works
www.higashimura15.com

Akiko Higashimura (Japanese: 東村 アキコ, Hepburn: Higashimura Akiko, born October 15, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist from Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture.[1][2] She debuted in the now-defunct manga magazine Bouquet Deluxe in 1999 with Fruits Kōmori (フルーツコウモリ) and later gained notability for her manga Kisekae Yuka-chan, which debuted in Cookie magazine in 2001.[3] Higashimura was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2008 for Himawari: Kenichi Legend,[4] in 2009 for Mama wa Tenparist,[5] in 2010 for Princess Jellyfish,[6] in 2011 for Omo ni Naitemasu,[7] and in 2016 and 2017 for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.[8][9] In 2010, she won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga for Princess Jellyfish.[10] In 2015, she won both the 8th Manga Taishō[11] and the Grand Prize at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival for Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey.[12] In 2019, she won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.[13] Higashimura's younger brother, Takuma Morishige, is the author of the manga My Neighbor Seki.[14]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ Kisekae Yuka-chan premiered in the January 2001 issue of Shueisha's Cookie magazine.[15] Its serialization was suspended for four years following the publication of the July 2008 issue. Higashimura returned with a new chapter in the July 2012 issue on May 26, 2012; the chapter's final page stated that Kisekae Yuka-chan would continue, despite a previous report that the 2012 chapter would probably be the series finale.[16]

References

  1. ^ 東村アキコ. Chiezō Mini (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Kotobank.
  2. ^ スペシャル対談 大久保佳代子（タレント）× 東村アキコ（漫画家）前篇. Jimotatsu (in Japanese). January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  3. ^ 東村アキコ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Loo, Egan (January 23, 2008). "12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  5. ^ Loo, Egan (January 18, 2009). "10 Titles Nominated for 2nd Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  6. ^ Loo, Egan (January 18, 2010). "10 Titles Nominated for 3rd Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  7. ^ Loo, Egan (January 16, 2011). "13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  8. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 18, 2016). "9th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 11 Titles". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  9. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 23, 2017). "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  10. ^ Loo, Egan (May 11, 2010). "34th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  11. ^ Loo, Egan (March 24, 2015). "Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  12. ^ "19th (2015) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Grand Prize: Kakukaku Shikajika". Japan Media Arts Festival Archive. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  13. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 20, 2019). "Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga, Junji Ito's 'Frankenstein' Short Win Eisner Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  14. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (January 24, 2014). "Vertical Licenses Tonari no Seki-kun School Comedy Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021. Morishige's older sister is Akiko Higashimura, the manga creator of Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish), Omo ni Naitemasu, and Kakukaku Shikajika.
  15. ^ きせかえユカちゃん. Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Kotobank.
  16. ^ 東村アキコ「きせかえユカちゃん」が大ボリュームで帰還. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  17. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 21, 2019). "Akiko Higashimura's Himawari - Kenichi Legend Office Comedy Manga Gets Live-Action Show Next Spring". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  18. ^ 東村アキコ「ママはテンパリスト」完結4巻、本日発売. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). November 18, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  19. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 23, 2017). "Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish Manga Ends on August 25". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  20. ^ 東村アキコ「主に泣いてます」完結、3月には新作が始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). December 27, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  21. ^ Ressler, Karen (September 21, 2018). "Seven Seas Licenses Princess Jellyfish Creator Higashimura's Autobiographical Manga Blank Canvas". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  22. ^ 山下和美「不思議な少年」5年ぶり最新話. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). October 16, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  23. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 5, 2017). "Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga Ends on April 25". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  24. ^ Ressler, Karen (August 26, 2015). "Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura Starts Bishoku Tantei Manga Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  25. ^ Loo, Egan (June 21, 2015). "Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura Starts Manga Series in August". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  26. ^ Fifield, Anna (October 27, 2015). "Japanese cartoonist is slammed for portraying men as house husbands". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  27. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 13, 2020). "Akiko Higashimura's Yukibana no Tora Manga Ends in 3 Chapters". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  28. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (December 9, 2019). "Akiko Higashimura's Gisō Furin Manga Ends in 8th Volume". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  29. ^ Mateo, Alex (January 5, 2022). "Webtoon Publishes Akiko Higashimura's A Fake Affair Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  30. ^ Hyun-su, Yim (July 3, 2018). "More foreign cartoonists debut in Korea's webtoon market". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  31. ^ Ressler, Karen (August 28, 2017). "Akiko Higashimura Continues Tarare-Bar Bonus Manga After Tokyo Tarareba Girls' Finale". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  32. ^ Kiss 2019年2月号. Kiss (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  33. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 28, 2018). "Princess Jellyfish's Akiko Higashimura, Novelist Mariko Hayashi Launch New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  34. ^ ハイパーミディ中島ハルコ 4. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  35. ^ Ressler, Karen (December 27, 2018). "Princess Jellyfish's Akiko Higashimura Launches New Manga Next Spring". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  36. ^ Hazra, Adriana (August 25, 2021). "Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2 Manga Ends in September (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  37. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 31, 2019). "Akiko Higashimura Draws New Short Manga Bara to Tulip". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  38. ^ 精神科が舞台の新連載が月スピで開幕、荻野真「孔雀王ライジング」最終回も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). June 27, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  39. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 24, 2020). "Akiko Higashimura Launches New Watashi no Koto o Oboeteimasu ka? Manga on April 29". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.

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