is a Japanese
manga artist
A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga.
Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...
best known for her work on ''
Whistle!''. Often she is mistaken for a man, namely because Daisuke is a name usually attributed to men.
Her self-portrait in Whistle! took the form of a crow.
History
Born in
Gunma prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
, she was recognized in the world of manga by being honored at the 43rd Osamu Tezuka awards in 1992 with third prize.
[Seen in the first page of every Whistle! manga volume released in North America by VIZ Media.] In the same year, she became the author of a romance/action story called Itaru. In 1998, she became known in Japan for her soccer manga Whistle! and was said to be influenced after she went to France to attend the 1998 World Cup tournament.
With the success of Whistle!, she went to personally direct the creation of the animated series. She currently lives in
Tokyo
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.
Works
Manga
* 1992 - ''Itaru'' - short story
* 1992 - ''Singing Flame'' - short story
* 1994 - ''X-Connection'' - short story
* 1997 - ''Break Free!'' - short story
* 1998~2002 -
Whistle! - series of 24 books
* 2001 - ''X-Connection 2001'' - short story
* 2004 - ''NOIZ'' - short story
* 2005~2006 - ''Go Ahead'' - series of 4 books
* 2008 - ''Seirei Gakusha Kidan Reikyou Kaden'' (精霊学者綺談 黎鏡花伝), serialized in
Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly , is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines ...
's ''Beans Ace'' - 2 vol.
* 2009–present - ''Dokushi'' (ドクシ -読師-), serialized in ''
Comic Birz
was a Japanese seinen manga magazine published on a monthly basis by Gentosha's imprint Birz Comics from 1986 until 2018. The magazine was called ''Comic Burger'' (コミックバーガー), until it was renamed in 1996. Several manga that were ...
'' - 3 vol.
* 2012 - ''Sengoku Basara 3 - Kishin no Gotoku''
* 2013 - ''Akashiya Ginga Shoutengai''
* 2016 - ''Whistle! W'' - sequel to
Whistle! - Finished in 5 Volumes as of 2020
Anime
* 2002 -
Whistle! (As Original Creator)
* The short stories collection Break Free! includes a story starring characters from Whistle! Two of the other stories are alternate versions of the one plot with the same characters.
References
External links
STELLA MIRA (Official Japanese Website of Daisuke Higuchi)*
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Manga artists from Gunma Prefecture
1966 births
Living people