Negi Haruba

Negi Haruba (春場 ねぎ, Haruba Negi) is a Japanese manga artist. He is well known for his manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2017 to February 2020. In May 2019, he won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, alongside Yoshitoki Ōima's To Your Eternity.[1] It was the 5th best selling manga in Japan in 2019.[2]

Negi Haruba
Born (1991-07-27) July 27, 1991
Japan
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
The Quintessential Quintuplets

According to Haruba, his pen name "Negi Haruba"[lower-alpha 1] comes from the protagonist of Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Negi Springfield.[3] On the award ceremony of the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, Haruba said it was "special to him" to be selected by Ken Akamatsu, who was one of the judges of the award and the creator of Negima! Magister Negi Magi.[4]

Works

Serials
  • Karma of Purgatory (煉獄のカルマ, Rengoku no Karma) (Story: Shun Hirose, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, 2014-2015)
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets (五等分の花嫁, Go-Tōbun no Hanayome) (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, 2017-2020)
  • Sentai Daishikkaku (戦隊大失格, Sentai Daishikkaku, lit. "greatly not qualified for being Sentai") (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, 2021-)

One-shots
  • Coward Cross World (Magazine SPECIAL 2013 Issue 4)
  • Ura Sekai Communication (Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, September, 2014)
  • Vampire Killer (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, 2016 Merger Issue 2 and 3)
  • The Quintessential Quintuplets (Weekly Shōnen Magazine, 2017 Issue 8)

Notes
  1. The kanji for Haruba (春場) can be translated to "spring field."

References
  1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 10, 2019). "43rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  2. Loo, Egan (November 27, 2019). "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  3. Haruba, Negi [@negi_haruba] (November 28, 2012). "(Untitled)". Twitter. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. 講談社漫画賞の贈呈式、春場ねぎ「赤松先生に選んでもらえたことは僕にとって特別」. Natalie. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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