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 ...

. She made her professional debut in 1988 with , serialized in '' Weekly Young Sunday''. In 1989, she graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at

Musashino Art University or is a private university in Kodaira, Western Tokyo, founded in 1962 with roots going back to 1929. It is known as one of the leading art universities in Japan. History In October 1929, was founded. In December 1948, it became , and in ...

. Saibara has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the 43rd Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1997 for ; the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004 for ; the Short Story Award at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes in 2005 for and ; the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011 for ; and the 6th Best Mother Award for Literature in 2020. She is friends with fellow manga artist Nobuyuki Fukumoto. When she appeared on "'' Big Comic Superior'' Presents: The 6th ''Saibara Rieko's Life Art Skill Showdown''", she revealed that she had known him for 20 years, and wrote that he has been "a handsome, serious, gentle-mannered and lovely man ever since then", but he was ignored by female manga artists because of his unpopular status.

Works

Manga

* (serialized in '' Weekly Young Sunday'', 1988–1994) * (serialized in '' Manga Club'', 1989–1997) * (co-author, serialized in '' Weekly Asahi'', 1992–1994) * (serialized in '' Big Comic Spirits'', 1995–1998) * (serialized in the ''

Mainichi Shimbun The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English-language news website called , and publishes a bilin ...

'', 2002–2017) * (serialized in '' Yasei Jidai'', 2004–2006) * (serialized in '' Shinchosha 45'', 2004–2006) * (serialized in '' Big Comic Superior'', 2004) * (serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'', 2005) * (serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'', 2005) * (serialized in ''Big Comic Superior'', 2014–present) * (serialized in the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', 2017–present)

Video games

* (

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, 1995) * (

PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

, 1998) * (PlayStation, 2000) * (

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advanc ...

, 2001)

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