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 ...

from Kushima in

Miyazaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,073,054 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 7,735 km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefecture borders Ōita Prefecture to the north, Kuma ...

. She debuted in the now-defunct

manga magazine Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used ...

''Bouquet Deluxe'' in 1999 with and later gained notoriety for her manga , which debuted in ''

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'' magazine in 2001. Higashimura was nominated for the

Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of re ...

in 2008 for ''Himawari: Kenichi Legend'', in 2009 for ''Mama wa Tenparist'', in 2010 for ''

Princess Jellyfish is a Japanese '' josei'' manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine '' Kiss'' from October 2008 to August 2017. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An 11-e ...

'', in 2011 for , and in 2016 and 2017 for ''

Tokyo Tarareba Girls is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Kiss'' magazine from March 2014 to April 2017 and later collected in nine bound volumes. It is licensed for an English-language ...

''. In 2010, she won the 34th

Kodansha Manga Award is an annual award for serialized manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in ea ...

for Best Manga for ''Princess Jellyfish''. In 2015, she won both the 8th Manga Taishō and the Grand Prize at the 19th

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for '' Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey''. In 2019, she won the

Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia The Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia is an award for given to a comic book originally published in Asia and reprinted for sale in the United States of America. Comics by creators from Japan, South Korea, Chi ...

for ''Tokyo Tarareba Girls''. Higashimura's younger brother, Takuma Morishige, is the author of the manga '' My Neighbor Seki''.

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* (2001–present,

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) * (2006–2010, Kodansha) * (2007–2011, Shueisha) * (2008–2017, Kodansha) * (2010–2012, Kodansha) * (2011–2015, Shueisha) * (2013–2014, Kodansha) * (2014–2017, Kodansha) * (2015–present, Shueisha) * (2015, Kodansha, suspended) * (2015–2020,

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of Japanese dictionaries, dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are to ...

) * (2017–2019,

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) * (2017–2018, Kodansha) * (2018–2021, with Mariko Hayashi, Shueisha) * (2018, Kodansha) * (2019–2021, Kodansha) * (2019, Shogakukan) * (2020–present,

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)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higashimura, Akiko 1975 births Women manga artists Living people Manga artists from Miyazaki Prefecture Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Japanese women writers 21st-century Japanese women writers Manga Taishō

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