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Tomoko Ninomiya

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Tomoko Ninomiya
Born (1969-05-25) May 25, 1969 (age 55)
OccupationManga artist
Known forNodame Cantabile
WebsiteTomoko Ninomiya's website

Tomoko Ninomiya (Japanese: 二ノ宮 知子, Hepburn: Ninomiya Tomoko, born May 25, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist, based in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Career

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In 1989, she made her debut with London Doubt Boys.

She is best known for her series Nodame Cantabile, which received the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga.[1] Nodame Cantabile has been adapted for television as both live-action dramas broadcast in 2006, 2008, and 2014 and as of 2016, 3 anime seasons.

Selected works

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  • Torendo no Joou Miho (トレンドの女王ミホ, "Miho, the Queen of Trendiness") (1991–1995), 10 volumes, rereleased in 5 bunkoban volumes
  • Tensai Family Company (天才ファミリーカンパニー, "Genius Family Company") (1994–2001), 11 volumes, rereleased in 6 bunkoban volumes
  • Heisei Yopparai Kenkyuujo (平成よっぱらい研究所, "Heisei Drunk Research Center") (1995–1996), 1 volume
  • Out (OUT) (1995), 1 volume
  • Nomini Ikouze!! (飲みにいこうぜ!!, "Let's Go Drinking!!") (1999), 1 volume
  • Green (GREEN〜農家のヨメになりたい〜) (1998–2001), 4 volumes
  • Nodame Cantabile (のだめカンタービレ, Nodame Kantābire) (2001–2009), 24 volumes
  • Onigiri Communication ~Scrap Wood Mama's Diary~ (おにぎり通信 〜ダメママ日記〜) (2011–2015)
  • 87 Clockers (エイティセブン・クロッカーズ) (2011–2016)
  • Nanatsuya Shinobu no Hōseki-bako (七つ屋 志のぶの宝石匣) (since 2013), 19 volumes (as of July 2023)

References

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  1. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved August 21, 2007.