Shiki Kawabata

Shiki Kawabata (Kanji: 川端志季; Kawabata Shiki b. in Tokyo, Japan)[https://web.archive.org/web/20150822084326/http://betsuma.shueisha.co.jp/comics/profile_ka.html '別冊マーガレット作家プロフィールカ行の先生'] (22/08/15) on Betsuma is a Japanese writer specializing in manga.

She debuted as a manga artist in 2012 with 08:05 no Hengao-san, a short story published in a supplement of the magazine Bessatsu Margaret.[http://www.akata.fr/auteurs/kawabata-shiki 'Kawabata Shiki'] (n.d.) on Éditions Akata Her works are framed within the shōjo genre, which is mainly aimed at a young female audience. Her first series, which started in October 2014, was voted fifth best shōjo of 2015 in Japan.[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41418354-rouge-eclipse---tome-1 'Eclipse Red – Volume 1: 01'] (n.d.) on Goodreads

One of her most well known works is Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka (宇宙〈そら〉を駆けるよだか), first published, in serial format, in Bessatsu Margaret during 2014–2015; later compiled into three volumes by Shueisha.[https://aramajapan.com/news/sora-wo-kakeru-yodaka-adapted-live-action-series-netflix/85550/ Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka to be adapted into a live-action series by Netflix'] (n.d.) on aramajapan As a result of the success of this work, in 2018 the media service provider Netflix produced an adaptation of Kawabata's manga in the form of a six-part live action miniseries under the title Switched,[https://www.netflix.com/title/80230018 'Switched'] (n.d.) on Netflix] premiering on 1 August, about a teen whose 'world is turned upside down when a peer robs her of her body, her boyfriend and her identity'.[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/switched/ 'Switched'] (n.d.) on Rotten Tomatoes