Hikaru Nakamura 中村 光 | |
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Born | Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | April 21, 1984
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | |
Awards | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2009) |
Spouse(s) | Hiroshi Kamiya |
Children | 1 |
Hikaru Nakamura (中村 光, Nakamura Hikaru, born April 21, 1984, in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist.[1] She debuted in 2001 with the short story Kairi no Sue (海里の陶), published in Monthly Gangan Wing.[1] She is best known as the creator of the manga series Arakawa Under the Bridge and Saint Young Men, the latter of which won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2009.[2] A Nikkei Entertainment magazine article published in August 2011 listed her ninth overall among the top 50 manga creators by sales since 2010, with 5.54 million copies sold.[3] Her artwork has also been featured in two manga exhibitions at the British Museum in London, England.[4] Nakamura gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in November 2011.[5]
Tezuka Prize
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