, known by the pen name , is a Japanese
manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer.
Biography
She was born August 7, 1959 in
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...
,
Nagasaki Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the northeast.
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, Japan.
Her father left the family when she and her younger sister were in primary school. Her mother was a dance teacher and bar hostess, who soon began living with another dance instructor, and later remarried. Shungiku was often forced to sleep with her stepfather, and her mother would allow it. One of Shungiku's happiest memories from her childhood was getting a ream of rough paper from her fourth grade teacher, as a gift for saying that her dream was to become a manga artist.
Shungiku dropped out of high school in her second year and worked in restaurants, bars, in a printshop, and as a domestic. Sometimes she slept under bridges. Five years later she left Nagasaki for Tokyo with her beloved manga and $7,000 in savings. She graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Minami High School. She then attended
Keio University, majoring in philosophy in the Department of Literature, but left before completing a degree. Uchida is currently represented by the talent management firm
Knockout.
Her representative works include ''
Wakaokusama Tamajigoku'' and ''
Minami-kun no Koibito
, also known as ''My Little Lover'', is a Japanese manga series by Shungicu Uchida. It has been adapted into four Japanese television dramas. The manga has been released in France by Éditions IMHO with the title ''La petite amie de Minami ...
'' (which was later adapted into three
drama series
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-ge ...
). Uchida is also known as "Denko-chan", the mascot character for
The Tokyo Electric Power Company
, also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchis ...
.
Besides a career as a manga artist, she is also active with music and as a novelist. She wrote a controversial semi-autobiographical book called "Fatherfucker" which was also made into a live-action movie.
Manga
* Shiirakansu Brains (1984)
*
Minami-kun no Koibito
, also known as ''My Little Lover'', is a Japanese manga series by Shungicu Uchida. It has been adapted into four Japanese television dramas. The manga has been released in France by Éditions IMHO with the title ''La petite amie de Minami ...
(南くんの恋人, 1986-1987, published in
Garo
Garo may refer to:
People and languages
* Garo people, a tribal people in India
** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe
Places
* Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia
* Garo, Colorado
* Garo Hills, part of the Ga ...
)
* Nami no Ma Ni Ma Ni (subtitled "An Old-fashioned Love Elegy") (1988)
* Isshinjō no Tsugō ("A Personal Affair") (1988)
* Maboroshi no Futsū Shōjo ("The Illusory Ordinary Girl") (1991)
* Kedarui Yoru ni (1992)
* Monokage ni Ashibyōshi ("Marking Time in the Shadows") (1992)
* Watashitachi wa Hanshoku Shite ("We Are Reproducing") (1994)
* Omae no Kaa-chan Bitch! (1994)
Filmography
* ''
Akumu Tantei 2'' a.k.a. ''Nightmare Detective 2''
* ''
Gumi. Chocolate. Pine'' (2007)
* ''
Kyacchi boruya'' (2006)
* ''
Kain no matsuei'' a.k.a. Cain's Descendant
* ''
Ame no machi'' a.k.a. The Vanished (2006)
* ''
Yokubo'' a.k.a. Desire (2006)
* ''
Yumeno'' (2005)
* ''
Tsuki to Cherry'' (2004)
* ''
Koi no mon'' a.k.a. Otakus in Love(2004)
* ''
Mask de 41'' (2004)
* ''
Showa Kayo Daizenshu'' a.k.a. Karaoke Terror (2003)
* ''
Stacy
Stacy or Stacey may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
* Stacy, California, an unincorporated community
* Stacy, Kentucky
* Stacy, Minnesota, a city
* Stacy, Virginia, a village
People
* Stacy (given name)
* Stacy (singer) (born 199 ...
'' a.k.a. Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)
* ''
Bijitâ Q'' a.k.a. ''Love Cinema Vol. 6'' and ''Visitor Q'' (2001)
* ''
Kao'' (2000)
Television
* Gakko no kaidan G (1998)
* Love Letter (1998)
* Gozonji! Fundoshi zukin (1997)
* Hotaru no yado (1997)
* Skip (1996) (TV)
* Otenki-oneesan (1996)
* Midori (1996)
* Tokiwa-so no seishun (1996)
* Muma (1994)
References
*
External links
*
Profile at Knockout*
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1959 births
Living people
Japanese actresses
Japanese essayists
20th-century Japanese novelists
Japanese women singers
Women manga artists
Manga artists from Nagasaki Prefecture
People from Nagasaki
Keio University alumni
Japanese female comics artists
Female comics writers
Musicians from Nagasaki Prefecture
Japanese women essayists
Japanese women novelists
20th-century Japanese women writers
20th-century essayists