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 ...

, based in

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Career

In 1989, she made her debut with ''London Doubt Boys''. She is best known for her series ''

Nodame Cantabile is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A two-v ...

'', which received the 2004

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 ...

for '' shōjo'' manga. ''Nodame Cantabile'' has been adapted for television as both live-action dramas broadcast in 2006, 2008 and 2014 and as of 2016, 3 anime seasons.

Selected works

* (1991–1995), 10

volumes Volume is a measure of occupied three-dimensional space. It is often quantified numerically using SI derived units (such as the cubic metre and litre) or by various imperial or US customary units (such as the gallon, quart, cubic inch). The defi ...

, rereleased in 5 bunkoban volumes * (1994–2001), 11 volumes, rereleased in 6 bunkoban volumes * (1995–1996), 1 volume * (1995), 1 volume * (1999), 1 volume * (1998–2001), 4 volumes * (2001–2009), 24 volumes * (2011–2015) * (2011–2016) * ''Nanatsuya Shinobu no Hōseki-bako'' (七つ屋志のぶの宝石匣) (since 2013), 17 volumes (as of January 2023)

References

1969 births Japanese female comics artists Living people Women manga artists Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Female comics writers {{manga-artist-stub