is a Japanese
manga artist
A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...
. Her most famous work is the series ''
After the Rain'', which was serialized in
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.
Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...
's ''
Monthly Big Comic Spirits
Monthly usually refers to the scheduling of something every month. It may also refer to:
* ''The Monthly''
* '' Monthly Magazine''
* ''Monthly Review''
* '' PQ Monthly''
* '' Home Monthly''
* '' Trader Monthly''
* ''Overland Monthly''
* Menstruati ...
'' magazine in June 2014, before moving to the magazine ''
Weekly Big Comic Spirits
is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional va ...
'' in January 2016 and finished in March 2018. In 2018, she won the 63rd
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan, Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being ...
in the general category with the manga.
Starting from November 2019, her work ''
Kowloon Generic Romance
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mayuzuki. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Young Jump'' since November 2019. The story is set in Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong.
Plot
Production
According to Mayuzuki, ...
'', which is based on
Kowloon Walled City
Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated ''de jure'' Imperial Chinese enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave after the New Ter ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
, is serialized in
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
's ''
Weekly Young Jump
is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. Launched in 1979, it is published under Shueisha's ''Jump'' line of magazines. The chapters of series that run in ''Weekly Young Jump'' are collected and published in ''tankōbon'' v ...
''. According to Mayuzuki, she had the idea of launching a series about Kowloon Walled City even when ''After the Rain'' was still serialized. She likes the topic of Kowloon Walled City and first knew about it from ''
Kowloon's Gate
is a 1997 Japanese adventure video game developed by Zeque. Set in the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, it is considered a cult hit.
Plot
On June 22, 1997, before the handover of Hong Kong, the demolished Kowloon Walled City reemerged from the ...
'' when she was young.
Works
* (2013–2014)
* (2014–2018)
* (2019–present)
References
Manga artists
Living people
1983 births
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