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

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Cover of Love Song.
  • Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin (三番町萩原屋の美人, 1991-2000)
  • Love Song (October 1993, Template:ISBN, Shogakukan)
  • 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

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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