Makoto Ojiro
{{Short description|Manga artist}}
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{{Anime and manga}}
{{Nihongo|Makoto Ojiro|オジロ マコト|Ojiro Makoto}} is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture. She is known for her work Insomniacs After School.
Early life
Ojiro started working as an assistant for another manga artist Masashi Asaki when she was 19. She made her debut in Weekly Young Magazine four years later in 2006.{{cite news|script-title=ja:いきいきＬＩＦＥ 物語に三郷の風景|url=http://www.city.misato.lg.jp/secure/3058/1610.pdf|access-date=July 18, 2024|publisher=Misato Public Relation|date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214133548/http://www.city.misato.lg.jp/secure/3058/1610.pdf|archive-date=December 14, 2019|page=23|language=ja}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:オジロマコトのプロフィール・作品情報|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2646|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611042617/https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2646|url-status=live}}
Works
- {{ill|Katekin|ja|カテキン (漫画)}} (2006–2008){{cite web|script-title=ja:コウノコウジ「肉の唄」、別冊ヤンマガで移籍連載スタート|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/19700|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2024|language=ja|date=August 10, 2009|archive-date=May 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516064922/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/19700|url-status=live}}
- {{ill|Nude: AV Joyū Mihiro Tanjō Monogatari|ja|Nude (小説)#漫画}} (2009–2010)
- Koibito 8-gō (2010){{cite web|script-title=ja:【6月28日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/33895|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2024|language=ja|date=June 28, 2010|archive-date=July 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718113228/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/33895|url-status=live}}
- ZOO FACTORY (2011) (one-shot){{cite web|script-title=ja:「カテキン」のオジロマコトが鮮烈ヤンジャン初登場|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/42956|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2024|language=ja|date=January 6, 2011|archive-date=July 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718113227/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/42956|url-status=live}}
- {{ill|Fujiyama-san wa Shishunki|ja|富士山さんは思春期}} (2012–2016){{cite web|script-title=ja:「蒼天航路」の王欣太ら9人が始動、アクション新連載攻勢|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/79485|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2024|language=ja|date=November 6, 2012|archive-date=July 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718113230/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/79485|url-status=live}}
- Neko no Otera no Chion-san (2016–2018){{cite web|last1=Amano|first1=Rafael Antonio|title=Elex Media Licenses Juru Masak Para Maiko, Chion and the Cat Temple Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-09/elex-media-licenses-juru-masak-para-maiko-chion-and-the-cat-temple-manga/.152043|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 18, 2024|date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160822/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-09/elex-media-licenses-juru-masak-para-maiko-chion-and-the-cat-temple-manga/.152043|url-status=live}}
- Insomniacs After School (2019–2023){{cite web|last1=Cayanan|first1=Joanna|title=Insomniacs After School Manga Ends in 2 Chapters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-17/insomniacs-after-school-manga-ends-in-2-chapters/.200331|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 18, 2024|date=July 17, 2023|archive-date=July 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717180232/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-17/insomniacs-after-school-manga-ends-in-2-chapters/.200331|url-status=live}}
- {{Nihongo||星野くん、したがって！|Hoshino-kun, Shitagatte!}} (2024){{cite web|last1=Mateo|first1=Alex|title=Makoto Ojiro Launches New 'Hoshino-kun, Shitagatte!' Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-05/makoto-ojiro-launches-new-hoshino-kun-shitagatte-manga/.207255|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 18, 2024|date=February 6, 2024|archive-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720202920/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-02-05/makoto-ojiro-launches-new-hoshino-kun-shitagatte-manga/.207255|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Tai|first=Anita|title=Makoto Ojiro's 'Hoshino-kun, Shitagatte!' Manga Ends on June 3|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-26/makoto-ojiro-hoshino-kun-shitagatte-manga-ends-on-june-3/.211176|website=Anime News Network|access-date=July 19, 2024|date=May 26, 2024|archive-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720202914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-26/makoto-ojiro-hoshino-kun-shitagatte-manga-ends-on-june-3/.211176|url-status=live}}
- {{nihongo||しすたれじすた|Shisutarejisuta}} (2024–present) – Collaboration with Mari Okada{{cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Anime Creator Mari Okada, Insomniacs After School's Makoto Ojiro Launch New Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-03/anime-creator-mari-okada-insomniacs-after-school-makoto-ojiro-launch-new-manga/.215073|access-date=November 10, 2024|website=Anime News Network|date=September 4, 2024}}
Charity works
From 3 May to 2 June 2024, a special event was held in Nanao by Makoto aiming to support the city after it was hit by the 2024 Noto earthquake. With the help of the manga publisher Shogakukan, the proceeds from the sales of her manga, Insomniacs After School—which is set in Nanao—will be donated to the city's relief fund for one year, from 16 April 2024 to 15 April 2025.{{cite news|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/569848|script-title=ja:「君は放課後インソムニア」被災地を応援 展示やオジロマコトのライブペイント|title='Kimi wa hōkago insomunia' hisai-chi o ōen tenji ya ojiromakoto no raibupeinto|trans-title='Insomniacs After School' supporting the disaster area: Exhibition and live painting by Makoto Ojiro|date=April 17, 2024|website=Natalie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417122442/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/569848|archive-date=April 17, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=July 17, 2024}}
Accolades
Makoto won the 2016 Bros Comic Awards for her work on Neko no Otera no Chion-san.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「猫のお寺の知恩さん」ブロスのマンガ大賞を受賞、描き下ろしやインタビューも|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/214747|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 18, 2024|language=ja|date=December 26, 2016|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320072726/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/214747|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Anime News Network|people|id=102736}}