Chica Umino

Chica Umino
Born August 30, 1980
Adachi, Tokyo
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Character design, Writer, Manga artist
Notable works
 Honey and Clover
March Comes in Like a Lion
Awards
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Chica Umino (Japanese: 羽海野 チカ, Hepburn: Umino Chika, born August 30 born in Adachi, Tokyo) is the pen name of an anonymous Japanese female manga artist, designer and illustrator.

Umino is noted for being the author and creator of the Honey and Clover series, for which she received the Kodansha Manga Award in 2003,[1] and which has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C.Staff.[2]

About

Her pen name comes from her favorite location Umi no Chikaku no Youenchi (海の近くの遊園地, lit. an amusement park by the sea), which is also the title of her doujinshi works prior to her debut. She likes Harry Potter and anime by Hayao Miyazaki. She calls herself an otaku.

In 2000, Umino's most notable work, Honey and Clover, began serialization in Shueisha's manga magazine, CUTiEcomic. The series' first fourteen chapters were published in CUTiEcomic; serialization was later moved to Young YOU. With the demise of Young YOU in 2005, the series moved to the magazine Chorus, where it continued its run until the series ended in July 2006 with 64 chapters. Umino received the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for Honey and Clover in 2003, which was adapted into an anime series produced by J.C. Staff.

Umino's most recent work is March Comes in Like a Lion (3月のライオン, Sangatsu no Raion) lit. "Lion in March" of "March's Lion", which began serialization in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine, Young Animal. In 2009, she provided the character designs for original anime series, Eden of the East, by director Kenji Kamiyama.

Umino has also illustrated "Tobira o Akete" and the Glass Heart series, including "Boukensha-tachi", "Netsu no Shiro" and "Love Way."

Works

One-shots

  • Sora no Kotori
  • Hoshi no Opera

Series

Books

  • Honey and Clover: Official fan book vol.0
  • Honey and Clover Illustrations

Character Design

References

  1. ↑ 過去の受賞者一覧 : 講談社漫画賞 : 講談社｢おもしろくて、ためになる｣出版を (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Honey and Clover". Newtype USA. Vol. 6 no. 11. November 2007. pp. 64–67. ISSN 1541-4817.
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