Akiko Higashimura

Akiko Higashimura
東村 アキコ
Born (1975-10-15) October 15, 1975 (age 48)
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]

  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.