Akiko Higashimura

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. She debuted in the now defunct Japanese magazine Bouquet Deluxe in 1999 with Fruits Kōmori (フルーツコウモリ) and later became more notable for her manga Kisekae Yuka-chan which debuted in Cookie magazine. In 2008, she drew the one-shot Chuō-Sen Cinema Paradise for the magazine Jump SQ. She was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2008 for Himawari: Kenichi Legend,[1] in 2009 for Mama wa Tenparist,[2] in 2010 for Princess Jellyfish,[3] in 2011 for Omo ni Naitemasu,[4] and in 2016 and 2017 for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.[5][6] In 2015, she won the Manga Taishō for Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey.[7] Her younger brother Takuma Morishige is the author of the manga My Neighbor Seki.

Akiko Higashimura
東村 アキコ
Born (1975-10-15) October 15, 1975
Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Writer, Manga artist
Notable works
www.higashimura15.com

Bibliography
  • Kisekae Yuka-chan (きせかえユカちゃん) (2001, Shueisha)
  • Himawari: Kenichi Legend (ひまわりっ 健一レジェンド) (2006, Kodansha)
  • Mama wa Tenparist (ママはテンパリスト) (2007, Shueisha)
  • Princess Jellyfish (海月姫) (2008, Kodansha)
  • Omo ni Naitemasu (主に泣いてます) (2010, Kodansha)
  • Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (かくかくしかじか) (2012, Shueisha)
  • Meropon Dashi! (メロポンだし!) (2013, Kodansha)
  • Tokyo Tarareba Girls (東京タラレバ娘) (2014, Kodansha)
  • Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorou (美食探偵 明智五郎) (2015, Shueisha)[8]
  • Himoxile (ヒモザイル) (2015, Kodansha, suspended)[9][10]
  • Yukibana no Tora (雪花の虎) (2015, Shogakukan)[11]

References
  1. "12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 23, 2008. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  2. "10 Titles Nominated for 2nd Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 18, 2009. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
  3. "10 Titles Nominated for 3rd Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  4. "13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 16, 2011. Archived from the original on January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  5. "9th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 11 Titles". Anime News Network. January 18, 2016. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  6. "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  7. "Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 24, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  8. "Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura Starts Bishoku Tantei Manga Series". Anime News Network. August 26, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  9. "Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura Starts Manga Series in August". Anime News Network. June 21, 2015. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  10. Fifield, Anna (October 27, 2015). "Japanese cartoonist is slammed for portraying men as house husbands". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  11. "Akiko Higashimura's Historical Yukibana no Tora Manga Resumes in January". Anime News Network. November 5, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
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