, also romanized as Risa Itou, is a Japanese

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. She was born in 1969 in Hara Town, Suwa District in

Nagano Prefecture is a Landlocked country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture ...

, the eldest of three sisters. She graduated from Suwa Futaba High School and studied ''Formative Fine Arts'' at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. She won the 2005

Kodansha Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977. Categories The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was ...

for shōjo for '' Oi Pītan!!'' and the 2006

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

Short Story Award for ''One Woman, Two Cats'', ''Oi Piitan!!'', and ''Onna no Mado''. Her manga ''

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'' ("Ebichu Minds the House") was adapted by

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into an

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television series. Her latest work, '' Higepiyo'' (ヒゲぴよ), serialized in ''

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'' magazine, was also adapted into an

Works

*'' Hey Pitan!'' *''One Woman, Two Cats'' *''Onna no Mado'' *''

'' *''Otonaninatta joshi tachie''(オトナになった女子たちへ) *''Okāsan no tobira'' *'' Higepiyo'' *''Hiromi and Juliet'' *''paradise of Devils''(悪魔の楽園) *''On'nano mado''(おんなの窓 ''The Woman's window'') *''Myorei one isan michi''(おかあさんの扉) *''Oikurotan''(おいクロタン) *''Jiehun nibang''(結婚泥棒) *''Kyomoyi tenki''(今日もいい天気) *''Binetsuna banana''(微熱なバナナ) *''Kofukuno susume''(幸福のススメ) *''Sakadachi yurei''(逆立ち幽霊 ''The Standing ghost'') *''Momochin(モモちん) *''Fissatsu! OL hikotohito''(必殺!OL非事人) *''Mikkusurisa'' *''Yatchimatta yo ikkodate!!''

Laureates

* 10th

(2006)

References

External links

Official Web Site
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