Suzuka (manga)

Suzuka
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Suzuka Asahina
涼風
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byKōji Seo
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run18 February 200419 September 2007
Volumes18 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Fukutomi
Produced by
  • Tsukuru Maruyama
  • Gou Shukuri
  • Minoru Yoshida
  • Kazunari Ueda
Written byHiroko Tokita
Music byMasanori Takumi
StudioStudio Comet
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run 7 July 2005 29 December 2005
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
Light novel
Written byAyuna Fujisaki
Illustrated byKōji Seo
Published byKodansha
ImprintKC Novels
DemographicMale
Published17 May 2007

Suzuka (涼風) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōji Seo. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from February 2004 to September 2007, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes. The series is a character-driven romance story that uses the athletics of track and field as a subplot. The story primarily follows the life of the teenager Yamato Akitsuki, who moved to Tokyo to change himself, and his main love interest Suzuka Asahina, a talented and highly scouted high jumper who lives in Yamato's aunt's dormitory and attends his new high school.

It was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series broadcast on TV Tokyo from July to December 2005. The manga was licensed for publication in North America by Del Rey Manga under their mature line; it published the first 15 volumes, before it folded and transferred its publication rights to Kodansha USA. Two light novels written by Ayuna Fujisaki based on the series have also been released.

  1. ^ Loo, Egan (12 August 2012). "Interview: Kouji Seo". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.