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 ...

. She debuted with ''Takkyu Shōjo'' in 1999, and writes for ''

Ciao ''Ciao'' ( , ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye". Originally from the Venetian language, it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world. Its du ...

'' magazine. Her manga ''

Mirmo! is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in ''Ciao'' magazine from July 2001 through December 2005. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan. The manga series was awarded in the 2003 Kodansha Mang ...

'' 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

children's manga and refer to manga and anime directed towards children. These series are usually moralistic, often educating children about staying in the right path in life. Each chapter is usually a self-contained story. History ''Kodomo'' manga started ...

in 2003 and the

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

for children's manga in 2004, and there is a 172-episode

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adaptation as well.

Selected works

*'' Chenge!'' *''

'' *'' Koisuru purin'' *''

Chibi Devi! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Shinozuka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Ciao'' from May 2008 to November 2014, with its chapters collected in eleven ''tankōbon'' volumes. It ...

'' *''

PriPri Chi-chan!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Shinozuka. The series began publication in Shogakukan's '' Ciao'' manga magazine in April 2015. An anime television series by OLM, Inc. started airing in Japan from April to Decemb ...

References

External links

Profile at Ciao Magazine site
* 1979 births Living people Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture {{manga-artist-stub