Asumiko Nakamura
Asumiko Nakamura is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, born in Kanagawa Prefecture on January 5, 1979. She debuted in 2000 in the magazine Monthly Manga F, later known as Manga Erotics F. She is best known for her Boys' Love manga series Classmates which started serialization in 2006. The manga was made into an animated movie in 2016 that made 200 million JPY at the box office.
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Asumiko Nakamura
- Born
- January 5
- Birthplace
- Kanagawa, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · illustrator · comics artist
- Known for
- Classmates
- Languages
- Japanese
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Asumiko Nakamura is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, born in Kanagawa Prefecture on January 5, 1979. She debuted in 2000 in the magazine Monthly Manga F, later known as Manga Erotics F. She is best known for her Boys' Love manga series Classmates which started serialization in 2006. The manga was made into an animated movie in 2016 that made 200 million JPY at the box office.
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It was also adapted into English and released to Blu-ray. The Boys' Love manga Double Mints (2009) was made into a live action film in 2017. The mystery manga Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist (2010) was translated and published into English by Vertical and made into a Japanese tv drama in 2022. Other major works include Kimiyōbi: Tetsudō Shōjo Manga 2, Kaori no Keishō, Ano hi, seifuku de, which have charted on Oricon's best-selling manga in 2015.
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Key facts
• Name Nonen — 中村 明日美子 • Nonus — ja • Born — January 5 • Birthplace — Kanagawa, Japan • Area — Manga artist, illustrator • Notable Works — Classmates, Utsubora
Series
Series
• Chicken Club, 2002 • Koperunikusu no Kokyū, 2002 • All About J, 20042006 • Classmates, published as: • Dou Kyu Sei, 20062007 • Sotsu Gyo Sei – Winter, 2008 • Sotsu Gyo Sei – Spring, 2009 • Sora to Hara, 20092011 • O.B., 20122013 • Blanc (ブラン), 20182020 • Home, 20202022 • Sajou Rihito no Chichi to Sono Buka, 2022present • Barairo no hoho no koro When I was Thirteen, 2007 • Nokemono to Hanayome (with Kunihiko Ikuhara), published as: • Nokemono to Hanayome, 20072017 • Nokemono to Hanayome+, 20182020 • Katakoi no Nikki Shōjo, 2008 • 2-Shūkan no abanchūru, 2008 • Magarikado no Bokura, 2009 • Anatanotamenara Dokomademo, 2010 • Naraku Izuko Emaki - Anata no Tame Nara Doko Made mo - Heian-chou Special, 2013 • Yobidashi, 2010 • Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist, 20102012 • Double Mintz, 2013 • Ohayō Rakuen-kun (Kari), 2015 • Tetsudo-Syoujo-Manga 20112015 • Sensei's "Otori-yose", 2014 • Kaori no Keishō, 2015 • Ano Hi, Seifuku De, 2015 • Neo Kiseiju, 2016 • A White Rose in Bloom, 2017present • Tales of the Kingdom, 2017–2025
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Anthologies
• Me ro neko neko manga ansorojī, 2012 • Le Théâtre de A, 2012 • Le Théâtre de B, 2013
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