Keiko Nishi
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Life
After graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki High School, she attended Tsuru University from where she graduated with a degree in Japanese literature. While still attending Tsuru University, Nishi made her professional manga debut in 1988 with the short story "Matteiru yo" in Shogakukan's manga magazine Petit Flower.[1][2] After her debut, she stopped publishing manga and was working as an elementary school teacher. Eventually, she took up manga again because of financial reasons.[3] Her definitive works include Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin and Love Song.
Style
Nishi was inspired by manga artists Fusako Kuramochi and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko.[3]
After completing a draft with pencil, she starts the inking process of her pages using a G pen also for thin lines. She then adds more detailed lines with a Maru pen.[3]
Legacy
Rachel Thorn described her in the mid-1990s as "one of the most popular and respected artists of her (twenty-something) generation."[4] Her former assistants include Peppe.[5]
Her manga series Otoko no Isshō was nomininated for the Manga Taishō in 2010 and, in the same year, was among the jury-selected works at the Japan Media Arts Festival. She herself has been in the festival's jury for manga from 2019 until 2021.[2]
Works
- Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin (三番町萩原屋の美人, 1991-2000)
- Love Song (October 1993, Template:ISBN, Shogakukan)
- Love Song (1998-04-05, Template:ISBN, Viz Communications)
- STAY (2002-2006)
- Kyudo Boys (ひらひらひゅ〜ん, 2006-2010)[6]
- Denpa no hito yo (2007)
- Nisan to Boku (2008-2011)
- Otoko no Isshō (2008–2012)
- Ane no Kekkon (姉の結婚, 2010–2014)
- Koi to Gunkan (恋と軍艦, 2011-2015)[7]
- Otō-san, Chibi ga Inakunarimashita (お父さん、チビがいなくなりました, 2013-2015)[8][9]
- Katsu Curry no Hi (カツカレーの日, 2014-2015)[10]
- Shiro ga Ite (シロがいて, 2015-2018)[11]
- Ta-tan (たーたん, 2015-2024)
- Hatsukoi no Sekai (初恋の世界, 2016-2024)[12]
- Koi to Kokkai (恋と国会, 2018-hiatus)
- Sayonara Gohan (さよならごはん, 2024-present)[13]
- Acchanchi (あっちゃんち, 2024-present)[14]
Anthologies
- Four Shōjo Stories (February 1996, Template:ISBN, Viz Communications, two stories)[1]
Short stories
- Promise (January 1994, Viz Flower Comics). Manga in a floppy comics format. The book contains two stories: Promise and Since You've Been Gone which were then included in the Four Shōjo Stories anthology. It's the first shojo manga ever legally published in the United States.
References
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External links
- Keiko Nishi (fan site)
- "Keiko Nishi: Drawn to Manga" - (J-pop.com)
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- 1966 births
- Japanese female comics artists
- Japanese female comics writers
- Women manga artists
- Living people
- Manga artists from Kagoshima Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese women writers
- People from Ibusuki, Kagoshima