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]
Akiko Higashimura 東村 アキコ | |
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Born | Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan | October 15, 1975
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist, writer |
Notable works | |
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Works
edit- Kisekae Yuka-chan (きせかえユカちゃん) (2001–present, Shueisha)[a]
- Himawari: Kenichi Legend (ひまわりっ 健一レジェンド) (2006–2010, Kodansha)[17]
- Mama wa Tenparist (ママはテンパリスト) (2007–2011, Shueisha)[18]
- Princess Jellyfish (海月姫) (2008–2017, Kodansha)[19]
- Omo ni Naitemasu (主に泣いてます) (2010–2012, Kodansha)[20]
- Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (かくかくしかじか) (2011–2015, Shueisha)[21]
- Meropon Dashi! (メロポンだし!) (2013–2014, Kodansha)[22]
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls (東京タラレバ娘) (2014–2017, Kodansha)[23]
- Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō (美食探偵 明智五郎) (2015–present, Shueisha)[24]
- Himoxile (ヒモザイル) (2015, Kodansha, suspended)[25][26]
- Yukibana no Tora (雪花の虎) (2015–2020, Shogakukan)[27]
- A Fake Affair (偽装不倫, Gisō Furin) (2017–2019, Bungeishunjū)[28][29][30]
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls Extra Edition: Tarare-Bar (東京タラレバ娘番外編 タラレBar) (2017–2018, Kodansha)[31][32]
- Hypermedy Nakajima Haruko (ハイパーミディ中島ハルコ) (2018–2021, with Mariko Hayashi, Shueisha)[33][34]
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns (東京タラレバ娘 リターンズ) (2018, Kodansha)[35]
- Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2 (東京タラレバ娘 シーズン2) (2019–2021, Kodansha)[36]
- Bara to Tulip (薔薇とチューリップ) (2019, Shogakukan)[37][38]
- Watashi no Koto o Oboeteimasu ka? (私のことを憶えていますか) (2020–present, Piccoma)[39]
Notes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ 東村アキコ. Chiezō Mini (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Kotobank.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 東村アキコ. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Loo, Egan (May 11, 2010). "34th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ きせかえユカちゃん. Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via Kotobank.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 23, 2017). "Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish Manga Ends on August 25". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (September 21, 2018). "Seven Seas Licenses Princess Jellyfish Creator Higashimura's Autobiographical Manga Blank Canvas". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 5, 2017). "Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga Ends on April 25". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (August 26, 2015). "Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura Starts Bishoku Tantei Manga Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 13, 2020). "Akiko Higashimura's Yukibana no Tora Manga Ends in 3 Chapters". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Sherman, Jennifer (December 9, 2019). "Akiko Higashimura's Gisō Furin Manga Ends in 8th Volume". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (January 5, 2022). "Webtoon Publishes Akiko Higashimura's A Fake Affair Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ Hyun-su, Yim (July 3, 2018). "More foreign cartoonists debut in Korea's webtoon market". The Korea Herald. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (August 28, 2017). "Akiko Higashimura Continues Tarare-Bar Bonus Manga After Tokyo Tarareba Girls' Finale". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ Kiss 2019年2月号. Kiss (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 28, 2018). "Princess Jellyfish's Akiko Higashimura, Novelist Mariko Hayashi Launch New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ ハイパーミディ中島ハルコ 4. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Ressler, Karen (December 27, 2018). "Princess Jellyfish's Akiko Higashimura Launches New Manga Next Spring". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Hazra, Adriana (August 25, 2021). "Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2 Manga Ends in September (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 31, 2019). "Akiko Higashimura Draws New Short Manga Bara to Tulip". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- "Higashimura Akiko and the art of shoujo manga writing". Anime Feminist. December 20, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- Ikuta, Aya (February 7, 2019). 紙からスマホへ。東村アキコさんが「縦読みマンガ」の無料連載を始めた理由 [From paper to smartphones: The reason why Akiko Higashimura started a free series of "vertical reading manga"]. HuffPost (in Japanese). Retrieved January 3, 2022.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
- Akiko Higashimura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia