Karuho Shiina
Karuho Shiina (椎名軽穂, Shiina Karuho) is a Japanese manga artist. Her manga Kimi ni Todoke won the award for best shōjo at the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award, and it was nominated for the first Manga Taishō in 2008. It was also adapted into an anime television series, a live action film and a TV drama series.
Also recorded as Shiina Karuho
Karuho Shiina
- Born
- 23 October 1975
- Birthplace
- Haboro, Hokkaido
- Awards
- 32nd Kodansha Manga Award Shōjo category (2008)
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · illustrator · writer
- Education
- Hokkaido College of Art & Design
- Known for
- Kimi ni Todoke
- Languages
- Japanese
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Karuho Shiina (椎名軽穂, Shiina Karuho) is a Japanese manga artist. Her manga Kimi ni Todoke won the award for best shōjo at the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award, and it was nominated for the first Manga Taishō in 2008. It was also adapted into an anime television series, a live action film and a TV drama series.
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• Name Nonen — 椎名軽穂 • Nonus — ja • Born — 23 October 1975 • Birthplace — Haboro, Hokkaido • Area — Shōjo manga • Notable Works — Kimi ni Todoke • Awards — 32nd Kodansha Manga Award Shōjo category (2008) • Manga — Yes
One-shots
One-shots
• Analog Apaato - 1996 • Orange Apartment - 1997 (sequel of Analog Apaato) • Stand by Me - 1998 • Garakuta Planet - 1999 • Ibitsu na Hoshi no Katachi - 1999 • Hi ga Kuretemo Aruiteru - 2001 • Sakura Ryou March - 2001 • Koi ni Ochiru - 2002 • Ashita wa Docchi da - 2002 • Aoi Futari - 2003 • Mayuge no Kakudo wa 45° de - 2013 (crossover of Kimi ni Todoke and Kazune Kawahara's Aozora Yell)
Series
Series
• Crazy for You - 6 volumes, 2003–2005 • Kimi ni Todoke - 30 volumes, 2006–2017 • Kimi ni Todoke: Soulmate - 3 volumes, 2018–2022 (spin-off/sequel of both Crazy for You and Kimi ni Todoke) • Gusts and Beats - 4 volumes, 2024–present
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Life and career
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1975
Karuho Shiina born at Haboro.
Illustrations and supervision
• Kimi ni Todoke - 16 volumes, novel, author: Kanae Shimokawa, 2007–2015 • Kimi ni Todoke: Ashita ni Nareba - one volume, novel, author: Kanae Shimokawa, 2009 • Kimi ni Todoke - 13 volumes, Juvenille Books, author: Kanako Shirai, 2011–2015
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- “Karuho Shiina”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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