Fusako Kuramochi
Real name 倉持房子 Kuramochi Fusako, born 14 May 1955 in Shibuya, Tokyo is a Japanese ja-Latn manga artist. While still in high school, she made her professional debut with Megane-chan no Hitorigoto, published in the Autumn 1972 issue of Bessatsu Margaret. She won the magazine's gold medal for amateur manga artists.
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Fusako Kuramochi
- Born
- 1955 · Shibuya.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · comics artist
- Education
- Musashino Art University
- Known for
- A Gentle Breeze in the Village
- Honours
- Kodansha Manga Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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Real name 倉持房子 Kuramochi Fusako, born 14 May 1955 in Shibuya, Tokyo is a Japanese ja-Latn manga artist. While still in high school, she made her professional debut with Megane-chan no Hitorigoto, published in the Autumn 1972 issue of Bessatsu Margaret. She won the magazine's gold medal for amateur manga artists.
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Afterwards, Kuramochi studied Japanese painting at Musashino Art University, but left before graduation to pursue her career full-time. Her manga Tennen Kokekkō received the 1996 Kodansha Manga Award for ja-Latn manga, and was adapted as a live-action movie in 2007. Her series A-Girl was adapted as an anime OVA in 1993. Her manga Hana ni Somu won the Grand Prize category of the 21st Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2017.
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Fusako Kuramochi born at Shibuya.
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Fusako Kuramochi is recorded as having received Kodansha Manga Award.
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