Aki Shimizu
Illustration — Aki Shimizu during Japan Expo 2006, Paris, July 9th, 2006. A manga artist who hails from Ōmuta, Fukuoka. She contributed the art for Blood Sucker: Legend of Zipangu (2000), and Graduale der Wolken (2001).
Aki Shimizu
Georges Seguin (Okki) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1953 · Ōmuta-shi.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · draftsperson · character designer · illustrator · comics artist
- Languages
- Japanese
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Shimizu's work includes the manga adaptation of Suikoden III (2002), based on Konami's video game, and a prequel manga to Suikoden STAR LEAP (2025), featuring Shapur, a new character and one of the 108 heroes from the Nameless Lands. Her own original series, Qwan, was published in 2002.
The recorded working language is Japanese.
Autograph session with Aki Shimizu at Japan Expo 2006 (Paris, France).
Georges Seguin (Okki)
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1953
Aki Shimizu born at Ōmuta-shi.
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- 1.Kiwami, Soul. Suikoden Star Leap Manga is Now Being Serialized in English. Final Weapon. 2025-12-06.
- 2.[Interview] les dessous de l'industrie des animes -. 7 January 2016.
- 3.Lada, Jenni. Suikoden III Mangaka Aki Shimizu Returns for Star Leap Manga. Siliconera. 2025-10-03.
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- 1995: Illustrator for PC Magazine Log In
- 1998: Package art and character designs for Windows game After Devil Force
- 1999: Character illustrations for Windows game First Queen: The New World
- 1999: Legend of Zipangu: Blood Sucker (Yato no Kamitsukai) (Twelve volumes), published in Comic Birz (Art only, written by Saki Okuse)
- [Interview] les dessous de l'industrie des animes -. 7 January 2016.
- 2001: Devil Children card game (Art only)
- 2001: Aquarian Age card game (Art only)
- 2002: Qwan (Seven volumes), published in Monthly Comic Flapper (Writer/artist)
- 2002: Suikoden III (Eleven volumes), published in Monthly Comic Flapper (Writer/artist)
- 2007: Mōryō no Hako (Five volumes), published in Comic Kwai (Art only, written by Natsuhiko Kyogoku)
- 2013: The Summer of the Ubume (Four volumes), published in Comic Kwai (Art only, written by Natsuhiko Kyogoku)
- 2019: The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei (Thirteen volumes, ongoing), published in Shōnen Magazine Edge (2019-2023) and Comic Days (2023-present) (Writer/artist)
- 2020: Inugami Re (Four volumes), published in Line Manga (Art only, written by Masaya Hokazono)
- Lada, Jenni. Suikoden III Mangaka Aki Shimizu Returns for Star Leap Manga. Siliconera. 2025-10-03.
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