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Hikaru Nakamura (中村 光, Nakamura Hikaru, born April 21, 1984, in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 2001 with the short story Kairi no Sue (海里の陶), published in Monthly Gangan Wing. She is best known as the creator of the manga series Arakawa Under the Bridge and Saint Young Men, the latter of which won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2009. A Nikkei Entertainment magazine article published in August 2011 listed her ninth overall among the top 50 manga creators by sales since 2010, with 5.54 million copies sold. Her artwork has also been featured in two manga exhibitions at the British Museum in London, England. Nakamura gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in November 2011.

Works

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• Arakawa Under the Bridge (荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ, Arakawa Andā za Burijji), serialized in Young Gangan (2004–2015)
• Saint Young Men (聖☆おにいさん, Seinto Onīsan), serialized in Monthly Morning Two (2006–present)
• Juni Taisen: Zodiac War (十二大戦, Jūni Taisen), illustration only, serialized in Weekly Young Jump (2015)
• Black Night Parade (ブラックナイトパレード, Burakku Naito Parēdo), serialized in Weekly Young Jump (2016–2019) and Ultra Jump (2019–present)

Awards

References

1. ^ 中村 光. Morning (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
2. ^ Loo, Egan (April 19, 2009). "13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
3. Loo, Egan (August 5, 2011). "Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
4. "Read the essay: 'Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men Power'—Volume 1 on sale now". Kodansha USA. April 22, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
5. 声優の神谷浩史 ラジオで結婚報道に言及「報告のタイミングを逸した」. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. July 17, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
6. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 4, 2015). "Saint Young Men's Nakamura Ends Arakawa Under the Bridge Manga in July". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
7. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 4, 2019). "Kodansha USA Publishes Saint Young Men Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
8. Piselli, Justin (October 26, 2016). "Arakawa Under the Bridge's Nakamura Starts New Manga About Dark Santa". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
9. Loo, Egan (August 1, 2022). "Hikaru Nakamura's Black Night Parade Manga Gets Live-Action Film Starring Ryō Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
10. Loo, Egan (December 10, 2008). "Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
11. "12th (2008) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Jury Selections". Japan Media Arts Festival Archive. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
12. 注目映画紹介：「聖☆おにいさん」 イエスとブッダが“奇跡”的な笑いを繰り広げる. Mantan Web (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers Co. May 11, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
13. Loo, Egan (March 26, 2009). "Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru Wins 2nd Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
14. このマンガがすごい! 2010. Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
15. Sherman, Jennifer (December 7, 2011). "Drifting Life, St. Young Men, More Nominated at France's Angoulême". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
16. Loo, Egan (December 8, 2014). "Attack on Titan Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 17, 2021.

External links

• Official Twitter account (in Japanese)
• Official website (defunct; link via the Wayback Machine) (in Japanese)
• Interview with Jump SQ (defunct; link via the Wayback Machine) (in Japanese)
• Interview with Natsume Ono for Monthly Morning's website (in Japanese)
• Hikaru Nakamura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

• 1984 births
• Japanese female comics writers
• Japanese writers
• Living people
• Manga artists from Shizuoka Prefecture
• Women manga artists