:Akiko Hatsu
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1959)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Akiko Hatsu
波津彬子
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
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| nationality = Japanese
| field = Manga
| training =
| movement = Yaoi
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{{nihongo|Akiko Hatsu|波津 彬子|Hatsu Akiko}} is a Japanese manga artist born on December 16, 1959, in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.{{cite web|url=http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au373.html|title=Hatsu Akiko 波津彬子|date=2004-01-17|first=Peter|last=Van Huffel|accessdate=2007-10-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071018023115/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au373.html| archivedate= 18 October 2007 | url-status= live}}(ja) Masao Azuma & Ishidō Ran Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten, Kokusho Kankokai, (2009), {{ISBN|978-4-336-05142-4}} pp.912 to 913. The writer of this article is Akemi Arisato ({{lang|ja|有里朱美}}), who may be the same person of Alisato in alisato.web.
Career
From the time she was in high school, she assisted her older sister, professional manga artist Yukiko Kai.{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-g.co.jp/interview/int2007/int07-03.htm |script-title=ja:波津彬子先生インタビュー／２００７年３月号 |language=Japanese |date=March 2007 |author=Japan Manga Academy |publisher=日本漫画学園Web |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008215006/http://www.manga-g.co.jp/interview/int2007/int07-03.htm |archivedate=2008-10-08 }} After graduating high school, she began working for a printing company in Kanazawa City, but she soon quit in order to become a full-time assistant to her sister. She also began to assist other professional artists, most notably Moto Hagio.{{cite web|url=http://matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/hagio_interview.php|title=The Moto Hagio Interview|publisher=The Comics Journal|date=2005-07-15|accessdate=2008-09-21|last=Thorn|first=Rachel|authorlink=Rachel Thorn| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917211730/http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/hagio_interview.php| archivedate= 17 September 2008 | url-status= dead}}
Throughout this period, Hatsu was creating self-published manga with her friend Yasuko Sakata (who also went on to become a prominent professional manga artist), and sometime around 1980, the two of them coined the term yaoi.Kotani Mari, foreword to Saitō Tamaki (2007) "Otaku Sexuality" in Christopher Bolton, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., and Takayuki Tatsumi ed., page 223 Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams University of Minnesota Press {{ISBN|978-0-8166-4974-7}} "Around 1980, the female manga artists Sakata Yasuko and Hatsu Akiko coined this word to describe the male-male sex manga they were publishing in the magazine Rappori." In 1980, Yukiko Kai died of stomach cancer at the age of 26.{{cite web|url=http://alisato.web2.jp/book/kai/intro.htm|script-title=ja:花郁悠紀子 〜花に眠れ〜|language=Japanese|date=2001-11-06|author=Alisato Akemi|publisher=ありさとの蔵}} The following year, Hatsu made her professional debut in the magazine ALLAN Published by Minori Shobo. ALLAN was shōnen-ai focused magazine, similar to the magazine June. with the short story {{nihongo|"Elegy of the Waves"|波の挽歌|Nami no Banka}}.{{cite web|url=http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/namibanpa/|script-title=ja:波津彬子公式サイト〜作品リスト|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-09-21|author=Akiko Hatsu|publisher=波津彬子公式サイト| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917022757/http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/namibanpa/| archivedate= 17 September 2008 | url-status= live}}
Her work has been published in numerous magazines, including DUO (published by Asahi Sonorama), {{nihongo|Grapefruit|グレープフルーツ|Gurēpufurūtsu}} (published by Shinshokan), Petit Flower (published by Shogakukan, later retitled flowers), {{nihongo|Strange Stories for Sleepless Nights|眠れぬ夜の奇妙な話|Nemureru Yo no Kimyō na Hanashi}} (published by the Asahi Shimbun Corporation, later retitled {{nihongo|Nemuki|ネムキ}}). Hatsu served as an adjunct instructor at Kyoto Seika University until retiring in 2005 due to health issues.
Works
;{{nihongo|B Class Paradise!|B級パラダイス!|Bīkyū Paradaisu!}}
:(April 1984)
;{{nihongo|Garden of Light, The Wind's Rising Shadow|光の庭·風の立つ影|Hikari no Niwa, Kaze no Tatsu Kagei}}
:(July 1987)
;{{nihongo|Perfect Gentlemen|パーフェクト·ジェントルマン|Pāfekuto Jentoruman}}
:(November 1988, bunko edition released June 2000)
;{{nihongo|Lively Golden Waves|さざめく黄金(きん) の波|Sazameku Kin no Nami}}
:(July 1989)
;{{nihongo|Night Tales of Enjakuan|燕雀庵夜咄|Enjakuan yo banashi}}
:(September 1989, bunko edition December 1999)
;{{nihongo|A Pleasure to Meet You|お目にかかれて|Ome ni Kakarete}}
:(April 1990, bunko edition June 2000)
;{{nihongo|Uryūdō Dream Tales|雨柳堂夢咄|Uryūdō Yume Banashi}}
:(Published in {{nihongo|Strange Stories for Sleepless Nights|眠れぬ夜の奇妙な話|Nemurenu yo no Kimyō na Hanashi}} [later changed to {{nihongo|Nemuki|ネムキ}}] from 1991 until 2007.) A series of short occult mystery stories set in Meiji Period Japan and featuring Ren, a young man who works in an antique shop named Uryūdō and who can see and communicate with the spirits that inhabit antiques. Currently available in wide-ban and bunko editions from Asahi Shimbun. Was a Jury Recommended work in the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival.{{cite web|url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/recommend/manga.php |title=2008 12th Japan Media Arts Festival |accessdate=2009-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811124158/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2008/recommend/manga.php |archivedate=2011-08-11 }}
;{{nihongo|Devil in the Water|水に棲む鬼|Mizu ni Sumu Oni}}
: (July 1992, Asahi Sonorama, bunko edition September 2000, new edition October 2007); published in English in 2000 by ComicsOne.Available in e-book format at http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/author/hatsu-akiko-ebooks.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710165030/http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/author/hatsu-akiko-ebooks.htm |date=2011-07-10 }}. (Accessed September 18, 2008).
;{{nihongo|Mourning of Autumn Rain|秋霖の忌|Shūrin no Ki}}
: (November 1992, Asahi Sonorama; bunko edition 2001 (Hakusensha), new edition October 2007. A collection of short love stories; the title story is about a young man involved with his brother's widow. Published in English by ComicsOne.{{cite web|url=http://alisato.web2.jp/book/hatu/list04b.htm|script-title=ja:波津彬子 コミックス一覧|language=Japanese|date=2006-12-30|author=Alisato Akemi|publisher=ありさとの蔵}}
;{{nihongo|Night Comes and Talks of Love|夜は来て愛を語り|Yoru wa Kite Ai o Katari}}
:(November 1993, bunko edition June 2003, new edition October 2007)
;{{nihongo|Master of the Haunted Inn: Tales of the Pale I|幽霊宿の主人(あるじ) 冥境青譚抄·一|Yūreijuku no Aruji: Meikyū Seitanjō Ichi}}
:(June 1994)
;{{nihongo|Peony Lantern|牡丹灯篭|Botan Tōrō}}
:(July 1995, new edition October 2007)
;{{nihongo|Dreams and Illusions of Reflected Flowers|鏡花夢幻|Kyōka Mugen}}
:(November 1995, bunko edition June 2000, new edition October 2007)
;{{nihongo|Reflected Moon: Tales of the Pale II|水の中の月 冥境青譚抄·二|Mizu no Naka no Tsuki: Meikyū Seitanjō Ni}}
:(May 1996)
;{{nihongo|The Doors of Nine Nights|9つの夜の扉|Kokonotsu no Yoru no Tobira}}
:(September 1997, new edition October 2007)
;{{nihongo|The Foreign Flower Guard|異国の花守|Ikoku no Hanamori}}
:(September 1997)
;{{nihongo|The Foreign Flower Guard: The Flowers' Voice|異国の花守 花の聲|Ikoku no Hanamori: Hana no Koe}}
:(March 1999)
;{{nihongo|Beautiful England Series|うるわしの英国シリーズ|Uruwashi no Eikoku Shirīzu}}
:(Published in {{nihongo|Flowers|フラワーズ|Furawāzu}} from 2000 to 2007.) A series of short stories with an element of fantasy set in Victorian England and centering on Cornelius Everdeanne, a young, handsome heir to an earldom. Currently available in a wide-ban edition from Shogakukan.
References
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External links
- {{in lang|ja}} [http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/namibanpa/ 波津彬子公式サイト 波万波] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917022757/http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/namibanpa/ |date=2008-09-17 }} (official site)
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