, also romanized as Risa Itou, 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 was born in 1969 in Hara Town, Suwa District in

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

, the eldest of three sisters. She graduated from Suwa Futaba High School and studied ''Formative Fine Arts'' at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. She won the 2005

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 shōjo for '' Oi Pītan!!'' and the 2006

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. Curre ...

Short Story Award for ''One Woman, Two Cats'', ''Oi Piitan!!'', and ''Onna no Mado''. Her manga ''

Oruchuban Ebichu is a Japanese manga series by Risa Itō that was published by Futabasha Publishers. It first ran through Shufutoseikatsusha magazine ''Giga&chan'', beginning in the 1990 and next moving to ''Action Pizazz'', publication by Futabasha. It was ...

'' ("Ebichu Minds the House") was adapted by

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into an

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television series. Her latest work, ''

Higepiyo is a four-panel gag manga by Risa Itō about a small yellow bird with a beard, who ends up as a pet of a boy named Hiroshi. Serialized between 2004 and 2006 in Shueisha's ''Chorus'' magazine, the series was later compiled into a single volume ...

'' (ヒゲぴよ), serialized in ''

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'' magazine, was also adapted into an

Works

*'' Hey Pitan!'' *''One Woman, Two Cats'' *''Onna no Mado'' *''

'' *''Otonaninatta joshi tachie''(オトナになった女子たちへ) *''Okāsan no tobira'' *''

'' *''Hiromi and Juliet'' *''paradise of Devils''(悪魔の楽園) *''On'nano mado''(おんなの窓 ''The Woman's window'') *''Myorei one isan michi''(おかあさんの扉) *''Oikurotan''(おいクロタン) *''Jiehun nibang''(結婚泥棒) *''Kyomoyi tenki''(今日もいい天気) *''Binetsuna banana''(微熱なバナナ) *''Kofukuno susume''(幸福のススメ) *''Sakadachi yurei''(逆立ち幽霊 ''The Standing ghost'') *''Momochin(モモちん) *''Fissatsu! OL hikotohito''(必殺!OL非事人) *''Mikkusurisa'' *''Yatchimatta yo ikkodate!!''

Laureates

* 10th

(2006)

References

External links

Official Web Site
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