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 bef ...

, known for her works like ''

Peach Girl is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Miwa Ueda. A high school drama centered on character Momo Adachi, her love life, friendships and rivalries, it was published in Japan by Kodansha in '' Bessatsu Friend'' from 1998 to 2003 and collec ...

'' and '' Angel Wars''. In 1999, she received the

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially ...

for '' shōjo'' for ''Peach Girl''. Miwa was born on September 29 in Hyōgo,

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. She worked for some time with ''

Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from 1991 to 1997; the 52 individual chapters were published in 18 volumes. The se ...

'' author

Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of ''Sailor Moon'', one of the most popular manga series of all time. She has won several awards, including the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for ''Sailor Moon''. Takeuchi is married to ...

. She started publishing her works in 1985.

Works

Manga

*''Kyupi No pants wa nugasanaide'' -

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', '' Afternoon'', '' Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' ...

*''Kyou No watashi wa komatta Doll'' - Kodansha *''G senjou No Maria'' (1989)- Kodansha *''Jesus Christ!'' (1991) - Kodansha *''Oh! My Darling'' (1992) - Kodansha *''Imitation Gold'' (1994) - Kodansha *''Angel Wars'' (1995) - Kodansha *''Garasu no Kodou'' (1996) - Kodansha *''

'' (1998) - Kodansha *'' Peach Girl: Sae's Story'' (2005) - Kodansha *''

Papillon -hana to chou- is a Japanese shōjo manga by Miwa Ueda, who is known for her work, ''Peach Girl''. The chapters appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga anthology ''Bessatsu Friend'' and were published by Kodansha in eight ''tankōbon'' from January 2007 ...

'' (2007) - Kodansha ("Butterfly: Flower and Butterfly") *''Pre Mari'' (2010) - Kodansha *''Rokomoko'' (2011–12) - Kodansha
*'' Peach Girl Next'' (2016–current) - Kodansha

Film adaptation

* ''

'' (2017)

References

External links

Official Peach Girl and Miwa Ueda site (Archived)
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French Mangaverse Miwa Ueda profile
Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Women manga artists Living people Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Japanese women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{manga-artist-stub