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 ...

known for her

seinen is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Ma ...

comedy manga ''

Thermae Romae is a Japanese manga series by Mari Yamazaki. It won the third Manga Taishō and the Short Story Award at the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The manga has been licensed in North America by Yen Press. Fuji TV produced a live-action film a ...

''. She was born in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, but now lives in

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. She was awarded the 3rd

Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of re ...

and the Short Story Award in the 2010

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 ...

s. An anime adaptation of the manga has been produced and aired and a live-action film adaptation is in the works. The live-action film ''Thermae Romae'' was released in April 2012 and its sequel ''

Thermae Romae II is a 2014 Japanese comedy film directed by Hideki Takeuchi and based on the manga series ''Thermae Romae'' by Mari Yamazaki. Cast * Hiroshi Abe * Aya Ueto *Kazuki Kitamura *Takashi Sasano is a Japanese actor. Career Sasano has appeared in K ...

'' came out in 2014.

Selected works

* (2001, ) * (2003, ) * (2005, ) * (2006, ) * (2007, ) * (2008, , , ) * (2007, , , , ) * (2008, ) * (2009) * (2009, 、) * (2010, ) *''PIL'' (2010, ) * (2010, ) * (2010) *Sweet Home Chicago (2011) * (2011) * (2012) *''Jobs'' (2013) * (2013) (in collaboration with Tori Miki) * (2018)

Honours

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of the

Order of the Star of Italy The Order of the Star of Italy ( it, Ordine della Stella d'Italia ) is an Italian order of chivalry that was founded in 2011. The order was reformed from the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity by the 11th President of Italy, Giorgio Napoli ...

, for her contribution to the growth of Italian culture (2017) Mari Yamazaki (Thermae Romae) recibe una condecoración del gobierno italiano
- website ''Your Look for Less!''

References

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* Manga artists from Tokyo Japanese female comics artists Women manga artists Living people 1967 births People from Tokyo Manga Taishō Female comics writers Japanese women writers {{manga-artist-stub