Rieko Saibara (西原 理恵子, Saibara Rieko, born 1 November 1964) is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1988 with Chikuro Yochien, serialized in Weekly Young Sunday.[2] In 1989, she graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University.[3][4] Saibara has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the 43rd Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1997 for Bokunchi;[5] the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004 for Mainichi Kaasan;[6] the Short Story Award at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes in 2005 for Mainichi Kaasan and Jōkyō Monogatari;[7] the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011 for Mainichi Kaasan;[8] and the 6th Best Mother Award for Literature in 2020.[9]
Rieko Saibara 西原 理恵子 | |
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Born | Kōchi, Japan | 1 November 1964
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist, illustrator, writer |
Pseudonym(s) | Riezō (りえぞお) |
Notable works |
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Partner(s) |
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Spouse(s) |
Yutaka Kamoshida
(m. 1996; div. 2003) |
Children | 2 |
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She is friends with fellow manga artist Nobuyuki Fukumoto. When she appeared on "Big Comic Superior Presents: The 6th Saibara Rieko's Life Art Skill Showdown", she revealed that she had known him for 20 years, and wrote that he has been "a handsome, serious, gentle-mannered and lovely man ever since then", but he was ignored by female manga artists because of his unpopular status.[citation needed]
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