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 ...

. Yamashita started her career as a shōjo

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artist. She made her debut as a professional artist in 1980 in the magazine

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. In her early years, she was inspired by the style of

Mariko Iwadate is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga artist who writes primarily for '' Margaret'' and '' Young You''. She made her debut as a manga artist in 1973. She won the 1992 Kodansha Manga Award for ''shōjo'' for ''Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa'', and her ...

. She is best known for ''

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'', which is being published in the

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magazine ''

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'', and for which she received the 2003

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for general manga. The main character of the manga is modeled after her own father. For her series ''Land'' she received the Grand Prize at the

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

2021.

Selected works

* * , since 1988 * , since 2001 *''Melo Neko: Neko Manga Anthology (''めろねこ猫まんがアンソロジ''ー Melo Neko'') *''Suki desu!'' (数寄です!), 2010-2013 *''Land'' (ランド ''Rando''), 2014-2020

References

External links

Official Website
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at The Ultimate Manga Page 1959 births Living people Female comics writers Japanese female comics artists Japanese women writers Japanese writers Manga artists from Hokkaido People from Otaru Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Grand Prize) Women manga artists {{manga-artist-stub