Asa Higuchi

Asa Higuchi (Japaneseひぐち アサHiguchi Asa, born in 1970 in Urawa (now Urawa -ku, Saitama ) ) is a Japanese manga artist.

Higuchi studied after graduating from high school psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Hosei University.

In 1998 she took part in the competition of the Shiki manga magazine Afternoon and won with her ​​short story Yuku Tokoro, which then appeared in the August issue of Afternoon and that was their first release as a professional illustrator. From February until May 2000 published Asa her first longer work, Kazoku no Sorekara, in the Afternoon. The approximately 230 -page family drama was released in June 2001 as an anthology by Kodansha publishing house.

Also in directing itself to an adult, male readership Afternoon magazine published their fill of about 480 pages manga series Yasashii Watashi. The published from January 2001 to February 2002 His manga also appeared in two anthologies.

The breakthrough came for the signatory to the Baseball Manga okiku Furikabutte. First published in November 2003, is told in it from a young person who has become in middle school through family relations with the ace pitcher and his skills will now show in high school. The manga will continue to Afternoon magazine covers and so far (as of May 2012) 18 anthologies. Okiku Furikabutte is commercially successful in Japan and received at the presentation of Osamu Tezuka - Culture Prize 2006 is endowed with one million yen Newcomer Award. In 2007 she won the Kodansha Manga Award, for which she was nominated last year.

Works

• Yuku Tokoro (ゆく ところ), 1998
• Kazoku no Sorekara (家族 の それ から), 2000
• Yasashii Watashi (ヤサシイワタシ), 2001-2002
• Okiku Furikabutte (おおきく振りかぶって), since 2003