Hikaru Nakamura (artist)

For the chess player, see Hikaru Nakamura.

Hikaru Nakamura
中村 光
Born (1984-04-21) April 21, 1984 (age 40)
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
AwardsTezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2009)
Spouse(s)Hiroshi Kamiya
Children1

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]

  1. ^ a b 中村 光. Morning (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tezuka Prize was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Loo, Egan (August 5, 2011). "Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "Read the essay: 'Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men Power'—Volume 1 on sale now". Kodansha USA. April 22, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  5. ^ 声優の神谷浩史 ラジオで結婚報道に言及「報告のタイミングを逸した」. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. July 17, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2021.