Akiko Higashimura

{{Infobox comics creator

| name_nonEN = 東村アキコ

| nonUS = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Kushima, Miyazaki, Japan

| death_date =

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| nationality = Japanese

| area = Manga artist, writer

| alias =

| notable works = {{unbulleted list|Princess Jellyfish|Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey|Tokyo Tarareba Girls}}

| awards =

| manga = Yes

| website = {{URL|https://www.higashimura15.com/}}

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{{Nihongo|Akiko Higashimura|東村アキコ|Higashimura Akiko|born October 15, 1975|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga artist from Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture.{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:東村アキコ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%B1%E6%9D%91%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B3-1705243 |encyclopedia=Chiezō Mini |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:スペシャル対談大久保佳代子（タレント）× 東村アキコ（漫画家）前篇 |url=https://www.jimotatsu.com/special/ookubo-higashimura-1st.html |website=Jimotatsu |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=January 16, 2018}} She debuted in the now-defunct manga magazine Bouquet Deluxe in 1999 with {{Nihongo4|Fruits Kōmori|フルーツコウモリ}} and later gained notability for her manga {{transliteration|ja|Kisekae Yuka-chan}}, which debuted in Cookie magazine in 2001.{{cite web |script-title=ja:東村アキコ |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2303 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja}} Higashimura was nominated for the Manga Taishō in 2008 for Himawari: Kenichi Legend,{{cite web | last=Loo | first=Egan | title=12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/12-titles-nominated-for-1st-ever-manga-taisho-award | work=Anime News Network | date=January 23, 2008 | access-date=December 23, 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114082754/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/12-titles-nominated-for-1st-ever-manga-taisho-award | archive-date= January 14, 2010 | url-status= live}} in 2009 for Mama wa Tenparist,{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=10 Titles Nominated for 2nd Manga Taisho Awards |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-18/10-titles-nominated-for-2nd-manga-taisho-awards |work=Anime News Network |date=January 18, 2009 |access-date=December 23, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524213704/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-18/10-titles-nominated-for-2nd-manga-taisho-awards |archive-date=May 24, 2009 }} in 2010 for Princess Jellyfish,{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=10 Titles Nominated for 3rd Manga Taisho Awards |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-18/10-titles-nominated-for-3rd-manga-taisho-awards |work=Anime News Network |date=January 18, 2010 |access-date=February 13, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209052531/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-18/10-titles-nominated-for-3rd-manga-taisho-awards |archive-date=February 9, 2010 }} in 2011 for {{transliteration|ja|Omo ni Naitemasu}},{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-16/13-titles-nominated-for-4th-manga-taisho-awards |work=Anime News Network |date=January 16, 2011 |access-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118022740/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-16/13-titles-nominated-for-4th-manga-taisho-awards |archive-date=January 18, 2011 }} and in 2016 and 2017 for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-18/9th-manga-taisho-awards-nominate-11-titles/.97690 |title=9th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 11 Titles |website=Anime News Network |date=January 18, 2016 |access-date=March 8, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312123916/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-18/9th-manga-taisho-awards-nominate-11-titles/.97690 |archive-date=March 12, 2016}}{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-23/10th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-13-titles/.111362 |title=10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles |website=Anime News Network |date=January 23, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202211354/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-23/10th-manga-taisho-awards-nominates-13-titles/.111362 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 }} In 2010, she won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for Best {{transliteration|ja|Shōjo}} Manga for Princess Jellyfish.{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=34th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-11/34th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=May 11, 2010}} In 2015, she won both the 8th Manga Taishō{{cite web |last=Loo |first=Egan |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-24/akiko-higashimura-kakukaku-shikajika-wins-8th-manga-taisho-award/.86315 |title=Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award |date=March 24, 2015 |access-date=March 24, 2015 |work=Anime News Network |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326173748/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-03-24/akiko-higashimura-kakukaku-shikajika-wins-8th-manga-taisho-award/.86315 |archive-date=March 26, 2015 }} and the Grand Prize at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival for Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey.{{cite web |title=19th (2015) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Grand Prize: Kakukaku Shikajika |url=http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2015/manga/works/19m_kakukaku_shikajika/ |website=Japan Media Arts Festival Archive |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=May 24, 2021}} In 2019, she won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for Tokyo Tarareba Girls.{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga, Junji Ito's 'Frankenstein' Short Win Eisner Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-20/akiko-higashimura-tokyo-tarareba-girls-manga-junji-ito-frankenstein-short-win-eisner-awards/.149164 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=July 20, 2019}} Higashimura's younger brother, Takuma Morishige, is the author of the manga My Neighbor Seki.{{cite web |last1=Loveridge |first1=Lynzee |title=Vertical Licenses Tonari no Seki-kun School Comedy Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-24/vertical-licenses-tonari-no-seki-kun-school-comedy-manga |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=January 24, 2014 |quote=Morishige's older sister is Akiko Higashimura, the manga creator of Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish), Omo ni Naitemasu, and Kakukaku Shikajika.}}

Works

{{Nihongo||きせかえユカちゃん|Kisekae Yuka-chan}} (2001–present, Shueisha){{efn|{{transliteration|ja|Kisekae Yuka-chan}} premiered in the January 2001 issue of Shueisha's Cookie magazine.{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:きせかえユカちゃん |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%8D%E3%81%9B%E3%81%8B%E3%81%88%E3%83%A6%E3%82%AB%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93-703741 |encyclopedia=Digital Daijisen Plus |publisher=Shogakukan |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}} Its serialization was suspended for four years following the publication of the July 2008 issue. Higashimura returned with a new chapter in the July 2012 issue on May 26, 2012; the chapter's final page stated that {{transliteration|ja|Kisekae Yuka-chan}} would continue, despite a previous report that the 2012 chapter would probably be the series finale.{{cite web |script-title=ja:東村アキコ「きせかえユカちゃん」が大ボリュームで帰還 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/70006 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=May 26, 2012}}}}
{{Nihongo|Himawari: Kenichi Legend|ひまわりっ健一レジェンド}} (2006–2010, Kodansha){{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Akiko Higashimura's Himawari - Kenichi Legend Office Comedy Manga Gets Live-Action Show Next Spring |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-21/akiko-higashimura-himawari-kenichi-legend-office-comedy-manga-gets-live-action-show-next-spring/.153514 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=November 21, 2019}}
{{Nihongo|Mama wa Tenparist|ママはテンパリスト}} (2007–2011, Shueisha){{cite web |script-title=ja:東村アキコ「ママはテンパリスト」完結4巻、本日発売 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/59850 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=November 18, 2011}}
{{Nihongo|Princess Jellyfish|海月姫}} (2008–2017, Kodansha){{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish Manga Ends on August 25 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-23/akiko-higashimura-princess-jellyfish-manga-ends-on-august-25/.119215 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=July 23, 2017}}
{{Nihongo||主に泣いてます|Omo ni Naitemasu}} (2010–2012, Kodansha){{cite web |script-title=ja:東村アキコ「主に泣いてます」完結、3月には新作が始動 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/82305 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=December 27, 2012}}
{{Nihongo|Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey|かくかくしかじか}} (2011–2015, Shueisha){{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Seven Seas Licenses Princess Jellyfish Creator Higashimura's Autobiographical Manga Blank Canvas |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-21/seven-seas-licenses-princess-jellyfish-creator-higashimura-autobiographical-manga-blank-canvas/.137146 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=September 21, 2018}}
{{Nihongo||メロポンだし！|Meropon Dashi!}} (2013–2014, Kodansha){{cite web |script-title=ja:山下和美「不思議な少年」5年ぶり最新話 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/128807 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=October 16, 2014}}
{{Nihongo|Tokyo Tarareba Girls|東京タラレバ娘}} (2014–2017, Kodansha){{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Manga Ends on April 25 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-05/akiko-higashimura-tokyo-tarareba-girls-manga-ends-on-april-25/.114388 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=April 5, 2017}}
{{Nihongo||美食探偵明智五郎|Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō}} (2015–present, Shueisha){{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Princess Jellyfish{{'s}} Higashimura Starts Bishoku Tantei Manga Series |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-26/princess-jellyfish-higashimura-starts-bishoku-tantei-manga-series/.92156 |website=Anime News Network |date=August 26, 2015|access-date=June 23, 2018}}
{{Nihongo|Himoxile|ヒモザイル}} (2015, Kodansha, suspended){{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-20/princess-jellyfish-higashimura-starts-manga-series-in-august/.89526 |title=Princess Jellyfish{{'s}} Higashimura Starts Manga Series in August |date=June 21, 2015 |access-date=June 21, 2015 |work=Anime News Network |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621102755/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-20/princess-jellyfish-higashimura-starts-manga-series-in-august/.89526 |archive-date=June 21, 2015 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/10/27/japanese-cartoonist-is-slammed-for-portraying-men-as-house-husbands/|title=Japanese cartoonist is slammed for portraying men as house husbands|last=Fifield|first=Anna|date=October 27, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 30, 2018|issn=0190-8286}}
{{Nihongo||雪花の虎|Yukibana no Tora}} (2015–2020, Shogakukan){{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Akiko Higashimura's Yukibana no Tora Manga Ends in 3 Chapters |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-09-13/akiko-higashimura-yukibana-no-tora-manga-ends-in-3-chapters/.163951 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=September 13, 2020}}
{{Nihongo|A Fake Affair|偽装不倫|Gisō Furin}} (2017–2019, Bungeishunjū){{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jennifer |title=Akiko Higashimura's Gisō Furin Manga Ends in 8th Volume |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-12-09/akiko-higashimura-giso-furin-manga-ends-in-8th-volume/.154159 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=December 9, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Mateo |first1=Alex |title=Webtoon Publishes Akiko Higashimura's A Fake Affair Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-05/webtoon-publishes-akiko-higashimura-a-fake-affair-manga/.181257 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=January 5, 2022 |date=January 5, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Hyun-su |first1=Yim |title=More foreign cartoonists debut in Korea's webtoon market |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180703000335 |website=The Korea Herald |access-date=January 3, 2022 |date=July 3, 2018}}
{{Nihongo|Tokyo Tarareba Girls Extra Edition: Tarare-Bar|東京タラレバ娘番外編タラレBar}} (2017–2018, Kodansha){{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Akiko Higashimura Continues Tarare-Bar Bonus Manga After Tokyo Tarareba Girls{{'}} Finale |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-28/akiko-higashimura-continues-tarare-bar-bonus-manga-after-tokyo-tarareba-girls-finale/.120654 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 25, 2021 |date=August 28, 2017}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:Kiss 2019年2月号 |url=https://kisscomic.com/kiss/2019/02.html |website=Kiss |publisher=Shueisha |access-date=May 25, 2021 |language=ja}}
{{Nihongo|Hypermedy Nakajima Haruko|ハイパーミディ中島ハルコ}} (2018–2021, with Mariko Hayashi, Shueisha){{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Princess Jellyfish{{'s}} Akiko Higashimura, Novelist Mariko Hayashi Launch New Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-05-28/princess-jellyfish-akiko-higashimura-novelist-mariko-hayashi-launch-new-manga/.132101 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=May 28, 2018}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:ハイパーミディ中島ハルコ 4 |url=https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-844490-1 |website=Shueisha |access-date=June 5, 2021 |language=ja}}
{{Nihongo|Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns|東京タラレバ娘リターンズ}} (2018, Kodansha){{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Princess Jellyfish{{'s}} Akiko Higashimura Launches New Manga Next Spring |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-27/princess-jellyfish-akiko-higashimura-launches-new-manga-next-spring/.141382 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=December 27, 2018}}
{{Nihongo|Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2|東京タラレバ娘シーズン2}} (2019–2021, Kodansha){{cite web |last1=Hazra |first1=Adriana |title=Tokyo Tarareba Girls Season 2 Manga Ends in September (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-25/tokyo-tarareba-girls-season-2-manga-ends-in-september/.176602 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=September 25, 2021 |date=August 25, 2021}}
{{Nihongo|Bara to Tulip|薔薇とチューリップ}} (2019, Shogakukan){{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Akiko Higashimura Draws New Short Manga Bara to Tulip |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-31/akiko-higashimura-draws-new-short-manga-bara-to-tulip/.145235 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=March 31, 2019}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:精神科が舞台の新連載が月スピで開幕、荻野真「孔雀王ライジング」最終回も |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/337396 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=May 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=June 27, 2019}}
{{Nihongo||私のことを憶えていますか|Watashi no Koto o Oboeteimasu ka?}} (2020–present, Piccoma){{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Akiko Higashimura Launches New Watashi no Koto o Oboeteimasu ka? Manga on April 29 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-04-24/akiko-higashimura-launches-new-watashi-no-koto-o-oboeteimasu-ka-manga-on-april-29/.158911 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 24, 2021 |date=April 24, 2020}}

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{{Official website|https://www.higashimura15.com/}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Anime News Network|people|69608}}

Category:1975 births

Category:Women manga artists

Category:Living people

Category:Manga artists from Miyazaki Prefecture

Category:Japanese female comics artists

Category:Japanese female comics writers

Category:21st-century Japanese women writers

Category:Manga Taishō

Akiko Higashimura

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