Taeko Watanabe
Appearance
Taeko Watanabe 渡辺 多恵子 | |
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Born | Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | August 29, 1960
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | |
Awards | Japan Cartoonists Association Award (1987), Shogakukan Manga Award (1991, 2003) |
Taeko Watanabe (渡辺 多恵子, Watanabe Taeko, born August 29, 1960, in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist.[1] She made her professional debut in 1979 with the short story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (和佳ちゃんの熱愛時代, "Love Struck Days of Waka").[2] In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series St. 14 Graffiti.[3] She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category: in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban![4][5] and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.[4][6]
Works
Series
- Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1981–1985)[7]
- St. 14 Graffiti (聖14グラフィティ), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1986–1987)[3][a]
- Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! (はじめちゃんが一番!), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1988–1995)[5]
- Mune no Kin'iro (胸の金色), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic (1996)[8][9]
- Kaze Hikaru (風光る), serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and Monthly Flowers (1997–2020)[10]
Art books
- Idol de Ikō!: Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! Special (アイドルで行こう!はじめちゃんが一番!SPECIAL), published by Shogakukan (1995)[11]
- Hanagatari: Kaze Hikaru Gashū (花がたり 風光る画集), published by Shogakukan (2008)[12]
Notes
- telephone cardsand other merchandise sold in Japan.
References
- ^ 渡辺多恵子の一覧 - 漫画. BookLive! (in Japanese). Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4215-0189-5.
Taeko Watanabe debuted as a manga artist in 1979 with her story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (Love Struck Days of Waka).
- ^ a b 聖14(セントフォーティーン)グラフィティ. Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved September 15, 2020 – via Kotobank.
- ^ a b 渡辺 多恵子. Mangapedia (in Japanese). Heibonsha, Shogakukan, et al. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ a b はじめちゃんが一番!. Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved September 15, 2020 – via Kotobank.
- ^ 風光る. Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Kotobank.
- ^ ファミリー!. Digital Daijisen Plus (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved September 15, 2020 – via Kotobank.
- ^ 胸の金色. ComicPark.net (in Japanese). Retrieved September 15, 2020. Original text: 「『別冊少女コミック』の人気連載『胸の金色』」 Translation: "Bessatsu Shōjo Comic's popular series Mune no Kin'iro."
- ^ 胸の金色 1. Shogakukan (in Japanese). Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 27, 2019). "Taeko Watanabe's Kaze Hikaru Shinsengumi Manga Ends in May". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ アイドルで行こう!. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ 風光る画集 花がたり. Shogakukan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 6, 2021.
External links
- Q&A with fans at Monthly Flowers (in Japanese)
- Taeko Watanabe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia