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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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 15, 1975 Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist, writer |
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- 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]
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- 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]
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