is the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

of a Japanese four-panel

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 ...

. She made her professional

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

debut with ''Okusama Shinkaron'' in 1988. Her most famous work is ''

OL Shinkaron is a ''yonkoma'' manga series by Risu Akizuki about OLs, or office ladies. It follows the daily lives of Minako and Jun, the coworkers, friends, family, and neighbors. It also had a short, spin-off series titled ''Okusama Shinkaron'' that fo ...

''. She won the 8th

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 ...

in 2004.

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Women manga artists Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture Female comics writers Japanese female comics artists 1957 births Living people Kansai University alumni Winner of Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Short Story Award) 20th-century Japanese women writers 20th-century Japanese writers {{Manga-artist-stub