Aka Akasaka

Japanese manga artist (born 1988)

Aka Akasaka

Born|  (1988-08-29) August 29, 1988 (age 34)
Sado, Niigata, Japan
Area(s)| Manga artist

Notable works

| Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Oshi no Ko

Aka Akasaka (赤坂 アカ, Akasaka Aka) is a Japanese manga artist. His series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War was serialized in Shueisha's Miracle Jump between May 2015 and January 2016, and was then transferred to Weekly Young Jump starting from March 2016. It was the 9th best selling manga in Japan in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold.[1] In 2020, he won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category with the manga.[2]

Starting from April 2020, his work Oshi no Ko, which is illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, is serialized on Weekly Young Jump and is his second active series on the magazine at the same time.[3] In August 2021, Oshi no Ko won the Next Manga Award in the print category.[4]

In addition, he contributed to the background assets of the visual novel video game Subarashiki Hibi, released in Japan in 2010.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Works
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Works[edit]

* Sayonara Piano Sonata (さよならピアノソナタ) (2011-2012, story by Hikaru Sugii, character design by Ryō Ueda)
* Ib -instant bullet- (ib －インスタントバレット－) (2013-2015)
* Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2015–2022)
* Oshi no Ko (【推しの子】) (2020–present, illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari)

## See also[edit]

* Subarashiki Hibi

## References[edit]

1. ^ Loo, Egan (November 27, 2019). "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
2. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (January 23, 2020). "Aoashi, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, More Win 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
3. ^ 『かぐや様』作者、ヤンジャンで2作品同時連載開始 原作担当の新連載は芸能界描く. Oricon (in Japanese). April 23, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
4. ^ "NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2021". NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
5. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/akasaka_aka/status/1203260023272439809. Retrieved 2022-06-09. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)

## External links[edit]

* Aka Akasaka on Twitter (in Japanese)
* Aka Akasaka (February 16, 2020). "Wielding emotions to create a story: "Kaguya-sama Wants to Be Confessed To" author Aka Akasaka shares his strategy for writing manga". Guya.moe (Interview). Interviewed by Daisuke Okamoto. Translation by Kaguya-sama Discord. Retrieved July 8, 2020. based on Aka Akasaka (January 30, 2020). "感情を操り、物語を創る。『かぐや様は告らせたい』赤坂アカが考える"戦略的"漫画論" [Manipulate emotions and create stories. "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai" Akasaka's "strategic" comic theory]. Livedoor News (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Daisuke Okamoto. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War by Aka Akasaka

* Chapters
* Episodes
* Season 1
* Love Is War?
* Love Is War – Ultra Romantic
* Live-action adaptations
* first
* second
* Characters
* Chika Fujiwara

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Shogakukan Manga Award – General

1950s|

* Būtan by Noboru Baba (1955)
* Oyama no Kaba-chan by Eijo Ishida (1956)
* Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan by Osamu Tezuka (1957)
* Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji by Tarō Senba (1958)
* Korisu no Pokko by Jirō Ōta and Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by Toshiko Ueda (1959)

1960s|

* Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō by Reiji Aki (1961)
* Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan by Fujiko Fujio (1962)
* Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan by Hisashi Sekitani (1963)
* Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka (1964)
* Paki-chan to Ganta by Kazuo Maekawa (1965)
* Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae by Shotaro Ishinomori (1967)
* Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō by Noboru Kawasaki (1968)
* Fire! by Hideko Mizuno (1969)

1970s|

* Glass no Shiro by Masako Watanabe and Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku by Ryuzan Aki (1970)
* Hana Ichimonme by Shinji Nagashima and Minashigo Hutch by Tatsuo Yoshida (1971)
* Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro by Hiroshi Asuna (1972)
* Otoko Doahō Kōshien and Deba to Batto by Shinji Mizushima (1973)
* The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu (1974)
* Golgo 13 by Takao Saito (1975)
* Abu-san by Shinji Mizushima (1976)
* Notari Matsutarō by Tetsuya Chiba (1977)
* Haguregumo by George Akiyama (1978)
* Tosa no Ippon Tsuri by Yūsuke Aoyagi (1979)

1980s|

* Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan by Hōsei Hasegawa and Jarinko Chie by Etsumi Haruki (1980)
* Sunset on Third Street by Ryōhei Saigan (1981)
* Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami (1982)
* Hidamari no Ki by Osamu Tezuka (1983)
* Human Crossing by Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane (1984)
* Bokkemon by Takashi Iwashige (1985)
* Oishinbo by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki (1986)
* Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon by Shotaro Ishinomori (1987)
* Genji Monogatari by Miyako Maki (1988)
* Yawara! by Naoki Urasawa (1989)

1990s|

* F by Noboru Rokuda (1990)
* Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho by Fumi Saimon (1991)
* Okami-san by Ichimaru and Miyamoto kara Kimi e by Hideki Arai (1992)
* Kaze no Daichi by Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama (1993)
* Bokkō by Hideki Mori (1994)
* Ron by Motoka Murakami and Gallery Fake and Tarō by Fujihiko Hosono (1995)
* Gekka no Kishi by Junichi Nōjō (1996)
* Azumi by Yū Koyama (1997)
* Aji Ichi Monme by Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata (1998)

2000s|

* Monster by Naoki Urasawa (2000)
* Heat by Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami (2001)
* 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (2002)
* Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo by Takatoshi Yamada (2003)
* Iryū by Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai (2004)
* A Spirit of the Sun by Kaiji Kawaguchi and Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin by George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (2005)
* Bengoshi no Kuzu by Hideo Iura (2006)
* Bambino! by Tetsuji Sekiya and Kurosagi by Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (2007)
* Gaku: Minna no Yama by Shin'ichi Ishizuka (2008)
* Shinya Shokudō by Yarō Abe (2009)

2010s|

* Ushijima the Loan Shark by Manabe Shōhei and Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama (2010)
* Kids on the Slope by Yuki Kodama (2011)
* I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa (2012)
* Mogura no Uta by Noboru Takahashi (2013)
* Asahinagu by Ai Kozaki and Aoi Honō by Kazuhiko Shimamoto (2014)
* Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida and Sunny by Taiyo Matsumoto (2015)
* Blue Giant by Shinichi Ishizuka and Jūhan Shuttai! by Naoko Matsuda (2016)
* After the Rain by Jun Mayuzuki and Kūbo Ibuki by Kaiji Kawaguchi (2017)
* Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto and Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu by Haruko Kashiwagi (2018)
* Aoashi by Yūgo Kobayashi and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War by Aka Akasaka (2019)

2020s|

* Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano and Police in a Pod by Miko Yasu (2020)
* Nigatsu no Shōsha by Shiho Takase and Do Not Say Mystery by Yumi Tamura (2021)

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