is a Japanese

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best known for '' Red River'', known in Japan as ''Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story''. She has twice received the

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for shōjo, in 1987 for '' Yami no Purple Eye'' and in 2001 for ''Red River''. Aside from her comics work, she has also written several prose

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s. She has published the six volume ''Big Draw Daughter Hatsu''

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series, as well as three gaiden (or side-story) novels related to her ''Red River'' series. All of these were illustrated by Shinohara herself.

Works

*1984/1987 - '' Yami no Purple Eyes'' (Purple Eyes of Darkness) *1984 - '' Houmonsha wa Mayonaka ni'' (Midnight Visitor) *1985 - '' Mokugekisha ni Sayounara'' (Farewell to the Eyewitness) *1986 - '' Nanika ga yami de mite iru'' (Something Watching in the Dark) *1987/1991 - '' Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage'' (Moon Shadow on a Dark Sea) *1988/1991 - '' Ryouko no Shinreijikenbo'' (A Record of Ryoko's Psychic Events) *1992 - '' Sanninme ga Kieta'' (A Third Person Disappeared) *1992/1994 - '' Ao no Fūin'' (Blue Seal) *1994 - '' Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru'' (Then Five Bells Rang) *1995 - '' Kootta Natsu no Hi'' (Frozen Summer Day) *1995/2002 - '' Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story'' (Red River) *1996 - '' Toubou Kyuukou'' (Runaway Express) *1997/2005/2006 - '' Umi ni Ochiru Tsubame'' *2003 - '' Akatsuki ni Tatsu Lion'' *2004/2005 - '' Mizu ni Sumu Hana'' (Romance of Darkness) *2005 - '' Kioku no Ashiato'' (Footprint of the Memories) *2007 - '' Kiri no Mori Hotel'' *2008/2009 - '' Tokidamari no Hime'' *2010/2024 - '' Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago''

References

External links

The Ultimate Manga Guide: Shinohara Chie
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shinohara, Chie Women manga artists Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Living people Japanese female comics artists Japanese female comics writers 20th-century Japanese women writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Japanese women writers