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 ...

. After she graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, she created two one-shots before launching her first full series, a manga adaptation of ''

She and Her Cat , subtitled ''Their standing points'', is a 1999 Japanese original video animation created and directed by Makoto Shinkai. Shinkai's first animation work, it is a five-minute story about the relationship between a male cat and his female owne ...

''. Following its completion, she launched ''

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''.

Biography

Tsubasa Yamaguchi was born on June 26 in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, she published two one-shots in '' Good! Afternoon''. In 2016, she launched her first full series in '' Monthly Afternoon'', which was a manga adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's ''

''. On June 17, 2017, she launched her second series, titled ''

'', in ''Monthly Afternoon''. In 2019, Yamaguchi got married. In the same year, ''Blue Period'' was nominated for the Manga Taishō and 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 w ...

in the general category. In 2020, ''Blue Period'' won the Manga Taishō and the Kodansha Manga Award in the general category. It was also nominated for the

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 2020. An anime television series adaptation of the series aired in October 2021. On January 27, 2022, it was announced Yamaguchi had tested positive for COVID-19.

Works

Series

* (serialized in '' Monthly Afternoon'') (2016) * (serialized in ''Monthly Afternoon'') (2017–present)

One-shots

* (published in '' Good! Afternoon'') (2015) * (published in ''Good! Afternoon'') (2015)

Other

* ( light novel illustrations) (2020)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamaguchi, Tsubasa Living people Manga artists from Tokyo Manga Taishō Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) Women manga artists Year of birth missing (living people)