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Asa Higuchi (Japanese: ひぐち アサ, Hepburn: Higuchi Asa, born May 17, 1970) is a Japanese manga artist, born in Urawa, Saitama Prefecture (now part of Saitama City). She graduated from Saitama Prefecture's prestigious Urawanishi High School and Hosei University's department of psychology, with a major in sports psychology. During her high school days, she was a member of her school's softball team, which would go on to be an inspiration in her work Big Windup! as well as her high school which is featured in detail (the school now advertising the manga and anime on their website).

In 1998, Higuchi won noted seinen manga magazine Afternoon's Shiki competition with her work Yuku Tokoro. It was noted for the unique relationships shared by its characters and was subsequently published in the August issue of the magazine, thus marking her debut as a manga artist. She is currently working on Big Windup!, which has spanned 36 volumes to date and being serialized in the monthly Afternoon. It won the 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for best creative work in 2006, and the 31st Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 2007.

Works

• Yuku Tokoro (1998)
• Kazoku no Sore Kara (2000, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
• Yasashii Watashi (2001–2002, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)
• Big Windup! (2004–present, serialized in Afternoon, Kodansha)

References

1. "Tezuka Cultural Award Winners". Anime News Network. May 11, 2006. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
2. "Ookiku Furikabutte wins Kodansha's Manga Award". Anime News Network. May 9, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
3. 家族のそれから (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
4. ヤサシイワタシ(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
5. ヤサシイワタシ(2) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on May 8, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
6. おおきく振りかぶって(1) (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.

External links

• Asa Higuchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

• Japanese female comics artists
• Japanese female comics writers
• Women manga artists
• Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture
• Living people
• 1970 births
• Hosei University alumni
• 20th-century Japanese women writers
• 20th-century Japanese writers
• 21st-century Japanese women writers
• 21st-century Japanese writers