is a Japanese

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. He is known for his series '' AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei'', ''

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'' and '' The Shiunji Family Children''.

Biography

Reiji Miyajima is a native of Nakano, Nagano. After graduating at a high school in Nakano, he began working as a manga artist in Tokyo. In October 2005, Miyajima received the Magazine Grand Prix Encouragement Award for his work . In the same year, he received an honorable mention at the 75th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award for his one-shot manga ''Pool no Saboten''. In 2008, he published his second one-shot manga ''Icon'' in ''

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''. Miyajima started in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' by illustrating the short-term series ''Suzuki no Shiten'' in 2009. The following year, he illustrated the series '' AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei'', which is based on the Japanese idol group

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. In 2017, Miyajima started the manga series ''

'', which has performed well in Japan. It has since received an

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adaptation and a spin-off manga. Miyajima has previously worked as an assistant for the manga series '' Ace of Diamond''. Aside from his manga career, Miyajima has also handled the series composition for the anime series '' 22/7''. He also wrote the original story for its manga adaptation, ''22/7 +α'', which was serialized in ''Sunday Webry''.

Works

Manga

Serials

* (2009, written by Shigemitsu Harada; serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high ...

'') * (2010–2016, written by Motoazabu Factory; serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'') * (2016–2017, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'') * (2017–present, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'') * '' 22/7 +α'' (2020, illustrated by Nao Kasai; serialized in ''Sunday Webry'') * (2020–present, serialized in ''Magazine Pocket'') * (2022–present, serialized in ''

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'')

One-shots

* (2005) * (2008, published in ''

'') * (2020, published in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'')

Television series

* (2018, character story draft) * (2020, series composition)

Video games

* (2013, illustrations) * (2020, ChouChou character drafts)

Others

* (2011, illustration of Not Yet; published in ''Magazine Special'')

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyajima, Reiji Living people Manga artists from Nagano Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people)