Miki Aihara
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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| name = Miki Aihara
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| birth_date = June 10
| birth_place = Shizuoka, Japan
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| nationality = Japanese
| known_for = Hot Gimmick
| occupation = Manga artist
| website = http://www.mikiniki.net
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{{nihongo|Miki Aihara|相原実貴|Aihara Miki}} (born June 10 in Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese shojo mangaka best known for creating the manga series Hot Gimmick. She debuted with Lip Conscious! in Betsucomi.{{Cite web |title=Hot Gimmick |url=https://www.viz.com/hot-gimmick |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128115144/https://www.viz.com/hot-gimmick |archive-date=28 November 2022 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Hot Gimmick |publisher=Viz}} Aihara frequently serialized her series in Betsucomi but has had her works serialized in Cheese! in the past several years. Although none of Aihara's series have been adapted into anime, Hot Gimmick has received two drama CDs, a light novel spinoff titled Hot Gimmick S and a live-action film adaptation,{{Cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |date=18 December 2018 |title=2019 Hot Gimmick, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Precure Movies Slated |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/2019-hot-gimmick-kamen-rider-super-sentai-precure-movies-slated/.140961 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203203002/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/2019-hot-gimmick-kamen-rider-super-sentai-precure-movies-slated/.140961 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Anime News Network}}{{Cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Crystalyn |date=24 September 2018 |title=Miki Aihara's Hot Gimmick Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2019 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-24/miki-aihara-hot-gimmick-manga-gets-live-action-film-in-2019/.137200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128064441/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-24/miki-aihara-hot-gimmick-manga-gets-live-action-film-in-2019/.137200 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}} while From Five to Nine has been adapted into a live-action television drama.
Works
A † indicates the work has been published in English.
= Series =
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|+ !Year !Title !Volumes !Magazine !Notes |
| rowspan="2" |1994
|Atashi ni Tsuiterasshai (あたしについてらっしゃい) |1 | rowspan="7" |Betsucomi | |
| Oyani wa Naisho
(親にはナイショ) |2 | |
| 1995-6
(東京少年少女, Tōkyō Shōnen Shōjo) |5 | |
| 1996-8
|So Bad! |6 | |
| 1998
|Sora ni Taiyou ga Arukagiri. (空に太陽がある限りっ。) |3 |A bonus chapter was included in the 2003 oneshot anthology Sweet: Torokechau Koimonogatari (Sweet - トロけちゃう恋物語). |
| 1999-2000
|Seiten Taisei (青天大晴) |6 | |
| 2000-5
(ホットギミック) |12 | |
| 2004
|Sensei no Okiniiri! (先生のお気に入り！) | rowspan="3" |1 | |
| rowspan="2" |2006
|Oujisama no Kanojo (王子様の彼女) |Betsucomi | |
| Zoku Sensei no Okiniiri!
(続・先生のお気に入り！) |Cheese! |Sequel to Sensei no Okiniiri! |
| 2006-9
(ハニーハント) |6 |Cheese! (Japan) (United States) |Aihara's first, and so far only, series to be serialized in a magazine outside Japan. Has not officially ended, but is currently on hiatus. |
| 2010–20
(5時から9時まで, 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made) |16 |Cheese! |5-ji Kara 9-ji Made concluded in the May 2020 edition of Cheese.{{cite web | url=https://cheese.shogakukan.co.jp/3000/ | title=『5時から9時まで』完結記念★チーズ！５月号ふろく『乙女のどんな悩みも100％解決！アーサー様の超絶甘やかしドラマCd』 - チーズ！ネット }} |
=Oneshots=
=Other=
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|+ !Year !Title !Notes |
| 2005
(ホットギミックS) |A light novel spinoff of Hot Gimmick written by Megumi Nishizaki. Aihara only did the illustrations. |
| 2008
|Aihara Miki: The Best Selection (相原実貴The Best Selection) |Part of the Best Selection series. Each instalment in the series is a collection of oneshots by a famed shojo mangaka who mainly serializes their works in Shogakukan magazines. |
References
External links
- [http://www.mikiniki.net/ Miki Aihara's blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401060831/http://www.mikiniki.net/ |date=2019-04-01 }} (in Japanese)
- {{anime News Network|people|16140}}
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Category:Manga artists from Shizuoka Prefecture
Category:People from Shizuoka Prefecture
Category:Japanese female comics artists
Category:Japanese female comics writers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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