Marimo Ragawa

Marimo Ragawa
羅川 真里茂
BornSeptember 21
Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
AwardsShogakukan Manga Award (1995), Kodansha Manga Award (2012), Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award (2012)
www.ragawa.co.jp

Marimo Ragawa (Japanese: 羅川 真里茂, Hepburn: Ragawa Marimo, born on September 21 in Hachinohe, Aomori) is a Japanese manga artist.[1][2] She began submitting manga to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, in the sixth grade of elementary school. She continued to send her manga to the same magazine for four years, but failed to receive a positive critical reception. Ragawa then decided to switch to a different magazine, Hana to Yume. Her first submission to this magazine won a prize called the "Top Prize" (トップ賞).[citation needed] Two years later in 1990, she succeeded in achieving her debut with her one-shot manga Time Limit (タイムリミット), published in Hana to Yume issue No. 22.[1]

Ragawa continued to create long-running manga series such as Baby & Me, New York New York, and Itsudemo Otenki Kibun [ja]. In 1995, she won the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category for Baby & Me.[3][4] In 2012, she won both the 36th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category[5] and an Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival for Those Snow White Notes.[6]

  1. ^ a b 羅川真里茂. Artist Database (in Japanese). Hakusensha. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  2. ^ 漫画家羅川真里茂さん(八戸出身)デビュー30年 「ましろのおと」4月TVアニメ化. Daily Tōhoku Digital (in Japanese). January 2, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. ^ 小学館漫画賞:歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  4. ^ 少女まんがの世界展~8人の作家が描く少女の夢~ (PDF). Takamatsu City Museum of Art (in Japanese). Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (May 10, 2012). "36th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Loo, Egan (December 13, 2012). "Otomo's Combustible Anime Short Wins Media Arts Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 24, 2021.