Aruko
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
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|name_nonEN = アルコ
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|birth_date = July 26
|birth_place = Ishikawa Prefecture
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|notable works = {{ubl|Yasuko to Kenji|My Love Story!!|My Love Mix-Up!}}
|collaborators = {{ubl|Kazune Kawahara|Wataru Hinekure}}
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|awards = {{ubl|2013 Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category|2016 and 2022 Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category}}
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{{nihongo|Aruko|アルコ||born July 26|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga artist. After debuting in 1999, she launched her first series, Yasuko to Kenji, in 2005. Following its completion, she began illustrating Kazune Kawahara's My Love Story!! in 2011, which performed well and received multiple adaptations. Following My Love Story!!{{'}}s completion, Aruko began illustrating My Love Mix-Up! in 2019.
Biography
Aruko was born in Ishikawa Prefecture on July 26.{{cite web|title=アルコ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1635|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|access-date=January 8, 2022|language=ja}} Aruko debuted as a manga artist in 1999 with the one-shot Ame no Chi Hare, published in Bessatsu Margaret. After writing a couple more one shots, she launched Yasuko to Kenji in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-04/cooking-papa-yasuko-to-kenji-manga-to-get-tv-dramas|title=Cooking Papa, Yasuko to Kenji Manga to Get TV Dramas (Updated)|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=June 4, 2008|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Anime News Network}} It would later receive a TV drama adaptation. Following Yasuko to Kenji{{'}}s completion, Aruko penned a few more one-shots. She would later be approached by editors of Bessatsu Margaret to illustrate a new series written by Kazune Kawahara. Aruko was a fan of some of Kawahara's other works, so she promptly agreed.{{cite web|title=作画：アルコ 原作：河原和音「俺物語!!」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/pp/oremonogatari|website=Comic Natalie|last=Miyazu|first=Tomonori|date=October 13, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2022|language=ja}}
Together they created My Love Story!!, which debuted in October 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-07/my-love-story-ore-monogatari-shojo-manga-gets-tv-anime/.80778|title=My Love Story/Ore Monogatari!! Shōjo Manga Gets TV Anime|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=January 8, 2022}} The series performed well and won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo in 2013 and the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-09/37th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced|title= Animal Land, Ore Monogatari!! Win 37th Kodansha Manga Awards|date=May 9, 2013|last=Ressler|first=Karen|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Anime News Network}}{{cite web|title=Haikyu!!, My Love Story!!, Sunny Win Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-01-21/haikyu-my-love-story-sunny-win-shogakukan-manga-awards/.97818|website=Anime News Network|last=Loo|first=Egan|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=January 8, 2022}} The series has also received multiple adaptations, notably an anime television series and a live-action film.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-09/ore-monogatari-my-love-story-shojo-manga-gets-live-action-film/.87995|title=Ore Monogatari!!/My Love Story!! Shōjo Manga Gets Live-Action Film (Updated)|date=May 9, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn}}
In June 2019, Aruko began illustrating a new series, My Love Mix-Up!; it was written by Wataru Hinekure.{{cite web|title=My Love Story!! Artist Aruko Launches New Manga with Wataru Hinekure|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-12/my-love-story-artist-aruko-launches-new-manga-with-wataru-hinekure/.146633|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=May 12, 2019|access-date=January 8, 2022}} The series has received a TV drama adaptation.{{cite web|title=My Love Mix-Up! Manga by My Love Story!!'s Aruko Gets Live-Action Series in October|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-11/my-love-mix-up-manga-by-my-love-story-s-aruko-gets-live-action-series-in-october/.176147|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=August 11, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2022}} The series won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2022.{{cite web|title=Komi Can't Communicate, My Love Mix-Up!, Do not say mystery Manga Win 67th Shogakukan Manga Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-01-18/komi-cant-communicate-my-love-mix-up-do-not-say-mystery-manga-win-67th-shogakukan-manga-awards/.181657|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=January 18, 2022|access-date=January 20, 2022}}
Works
- {{nihongo|Ame no Chi Hare|雨ノチ晴レ}} (1999) (one-shot published in Bessatsu Margaret)
- {{nihongo|Yasuko to Kenji|ヤスコとケンジ}} (2005–2006) (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret)
- {{nihongo|My Love Story!!|俺物語!!|Ore Monogatari!!}} (2011–2016) (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret; written by Kazune Kawahara)
- {{nihongo|My Love Mix-Up!|消えた初恋|Kieta Hatsukoi}} (2019–2022) (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret; written by Wataru Hinekure)
References
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External links
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{{Kodansha Manga Award - Shōjo}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōjo}}
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Category:Manga artists from Ishikawa Prefecture
Category:Pseudonymous women writers
Category:21st-century pseudonymous writers
Category:20th-century pseudonymous writers