Fumi Saimon
| Fumi Saimon 柴門ふみ | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 19, 1957 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area | Manga artist |
| Awards | Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga - Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho Kodansha Manga Award for general manga - P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei |
Fumi Saimon (柴門ふみ, Saimon Fumi; born 19 January 1957 in Tokushima, Tokushima) is a female Japanese manga artist and novelist. She is best known for the series Tokyo Love Story, which was adapted as a live-action television series.
She is considered one of the artists who are counted as part of the New Wave movement in manga in the last 1970s and early 1980s.[1]
She won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei[2] and the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho.[3]
She is married to manga artist Kenshi Hirokane.
References
[edit]- ↑ Mizumoto, Kentarō. "「ニューウェイブ」という時代". Sora Tobu Kikai. Archived from the original on 23 January 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ↑ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
- ↑ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
External links
[edit]- Fumi Saimon at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Profile Archived 22 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine at The Ultimate Manga Page
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