Taeko Watanabe
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| name_nonEN = 渡辺 多恵子
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|29}}
| birth_place = Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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| nationality = Japanese
| area = Manga artist
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| Family!
| {{ill|Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!|lt={{lang|ja-Latn|Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!|nocat=y}}|ja|はじめちゃんが一番!}}
| {{lang|ja-Latn|Kaze Hikaru}}
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| awards = Japan Cartoonists Association Award (1987), Shogakukan Manga Award (1991, 2003)
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{{nihongo|Taeko Watanabe|渡辺 多恵子|Watanabe Taeko|born August 29, 1960, in Shinagawa, Tokyo}} is a Japanese manga artist.{{cite web |script-title=ja:渡辺多恵子の一覧 - 漫画 |url=https://booklive.jp/focus/author/a_id/22628 |website=BookLive! |access-date=September 15, 2020 |language=ja}} She made her professional debut in 1979 with the short story {{nihongo||和佳ちゃんの熱愛時代|Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai|"Love Struck Days of Waka"}}.{{cite book |last1=Watanabe |first1=Taeko |translator=Mai Ihara |title=Kaze Hikaru |volume=1 |date=January 3, 2006 |publisher=Viz Media |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=978-1-4215-0189-5 |page=191 |quote=Taeko Watanabe debuted as a manga artist in 1979 with her story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (Love Struck Days of Waka).}} In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series St. 14 Graffiti. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category: in 1991 for {{lang|ja-Latn|Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:渡辺 多恵子 |url=https://mangapedia.com/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E5%A4%9A%E6%81%B5%E5%AD%90-red8zycwf |website=Mangapedia |publisher=Heibonsha, Shogakukan, et al. |access-date=May 6, 2021 |language=ja}} and in 2003 for {{lang|ja-Latn|Kaze Hikaru}}.{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:風光る |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A2%A8%E5%85%89%E3%82%8B-462858 |encyclopedia=Digital Daijisen Plus |publisher=Shogakukan |access-date=May 6, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}
Works
=Series=
- {{nihongo|Family!|ファミリー！}}, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1981–1985){{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:ファミリー！ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%21-734071 |encyclopedia=Digital Daijisen Plus |publisher=Shogakukan |access-date=September 15, 2020 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}
- St. 14 Graffiti ({{lang|ja|聖14グラフィティ}}), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1986–1987){{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:聖14(セントフォーティーン)グラフィティ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%81%9614%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3-718820 |encyclopedia=Digital Daijisen Plus |publisher=Shogakukan |access-date=September 15, 2020 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}{{efn|On the cover of the manga's first compiled volume, the title is written in Japanese as {{nihongo2|「聖14グラフィティ」}}, with {{lang|ja-Latn|furigana}} clarifying that {{nihongo2|「聖」}} is meant to be read as the English word {{nihongo|"saint"|セント|sento}} and "14" is meant to be read as the English word {{nihongo|"fourteen"|フォーティーン|fōtīn}}. Shogakukan rendered the title in English as "St. 14 Graffiti" on telephone cards and other merchandise sold in Japan.}}
- {{ill|Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!|lt={{lang|ja-Latn|Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!|nocat=y}}|ja|はじめちゃんが一番！}} ({{lang|ja|はじめちゃんが一番!}}), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1988–1995){{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:はじめちゃんが一番！ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%AF%E3%81%98%E3%82%81%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%8C%E4%B8%80%E7%95%AA%21-729747 |encyclopedia=Digital Daijisen Plus |publisher=Shogakukan |access-date=September 15, 2020 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}
- {{nihongo||胸の金色|Mune no Kin'iro}}, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1996){{cite web |script-title=ja:胸の金色 |url=https://www.comicpark.net/cm/comc/detail-bnew.asp?isbn2=4091348149 |website=ComicPark.net |access-date=September 15, 2020 |language=ja}} Original text: {{lang|ja|「『別冊少女コミック』の人気連載『胸の金色』」}} Translation: "Bessatsu Shōjo Comic{{'}}s popular series Mune no Kin'iro."{{cite web |script-title=ja:胸の金色 1 |url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09134814 |website=Shogakukan |access-date=September 15, 2020 |language=ja}}
- {{nihongo||風光る|Kaze Hikaru}}, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and Monthly Flowers (1997–2020){{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Taeko Watanabe's Kaze Hikaru Shinsengumi Manga Ends in May |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-27/taeko-watanabe-kaze-hikaru-shinsengumi-manga-ends-in-may/.153730 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=September 15, 2020 |date=November 27, 2019}}
=Art books=
- Idol {{lang|ja-Latn|de Ikō!: Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!}} Special ({{lang|ja|アイドルで行こう！はじめちゃんが一番！}}SPECIAL), published by Shogakukan (1995){{cite web |script-title=ja:アイドルで行こう！ |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C313449 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |access-date=May 6, 2021 |language=ja}}
- {{nihongo||花がたり 風光る画集|Hanagatari: Kaze Hikaru Gashū}}, published by Shogakukan (2008){{cite web |script-title=ja:風光る画集 花がたり |url=https://www.shogakukan.co.jp/books/09199012 |website=Shogakukan |access-date=May 6, 2021 |language=ja}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/migration/interview/interview_11.html Q&A with fans] at Monthly Flowers {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|people|12049}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōjo}}
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Category:Japanese female comics writers
Category:Japanese female comics artists
Category:Manga artists from Tokyo