, born June 1, 1979, in

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, known as "Namie-han" to her fans, is a Japanese gag

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. Her works have been featured in Shueisha's magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and, more recently, its sister publications '' Business Jump'', '' Ultra Jump'' and '' Young Jump''. Odama says she "became a manga artist because hecan't do anything else".Shueisha interview with Namie Odama, 2003
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's manga magazine '' Afternoon''. She also was the runner-up for the Akatsuka Award in 2000 for her

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''Junjō Pine''.

Works (in chronological order)

Series

*2000-2001 *2002 *2003 *2004 *2006 *2007- *2009-

Short stories

*2008

Short story collections

*2005

Sources

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