Risa Itō - Wikipedia

Risa Itō 伊藤理佐
Born	(1969-09-06) 6 September 1969 (age 55) Hara, Suwa, Nagano, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Hey Pitan! Oruchuban Ebichu
Awards	2005 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo - Oi Pītan!! 2006 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award - One Woman, Two Cats, Oi Piitan!!, and Onna no Mado

Risa Itō (Japanese: 伊藤理佐, Hepburn: Itō Risa, born 6 September 1969), also romanized as Risa Itou, is a Japanese manga artist.

She was born in 1969 in Hara Town, Suwa District in Nagano Prefecture, the eldest of three sisters. She graduated from Suwa Futaba High School and studied Formative Fine Arts at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. She won the 2005 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Oi Pītan!!^[1]^[2] and the 2006 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award for One Woman, Two Cats, Oi Piitan!!, and Onna no Mado.^[3] Her manga Oruchuban Ebichu ("Ebichu Minds the House") was adapted by Gainax into an anime television series. Her latest work, Higepiyo (ヒゲぴよ), serialized in Chorus magazine, was also adapted into an anime.^[4]

Works

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Hey Pitan!
One Woman, Two Cats
Onna no Mado
Oruchuban Ebichu
Otonaninatta joshi tachie(オトナになった女子たちへ)
Okāsan no tobira
Higepiyo
Hiromi and Juliet
paradise of Devils(悪魔の楽園)
On'nano mado(おんなの窓 The Woman's window)
Myorei one isan michi(おかあさんの扉)
Oikurotan(おいクロタン)
Jiehun nibang(結婚泥棒)
Kyomoyi tenki(今日もいい天気)
Binetsuna banana(微熱なバナナ)
Kofukuno susume(幸福のススメ)
Sakadachi yurei(逆立ち幽霊 The Standing ghost)
Momochin'(モモちん)
Fissatsu! OL hikotohito(必殺!OL非事人)
Mikkusurisa
Yatchimatta yo ikkodate!!

Laureates

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10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2006)

References

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^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
^ 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. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
^ "Tezuka Cultural Award Winners". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
^ "Higepiyo 4-Panel Manga from Ebichu Creator Gets Anime (Updated)".

External links

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Official Web Site (in Japanese)
Risa Itō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page

v t e Kodansha Manga Award – Shōjo
1970s	Haikara-san ga Tōru by Waki Yamato and Candy Candy by Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi (1977) Seito Shokun! by Yōko Shōji (1978) Wata no Kunihoshi by Yumiko Ōshima (1979)
1980s	Lemon Report by Mayumi Yoshida (1980) Ohayō! Spank by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi (1981) Yōkihi-den by Suzue Miuchi (1982) Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi by Ryoko Yamagishi (1983) Lady Love by Hiromu Ono (1984) Mahiro Taiken by Naomi Nishi (1985) Yūkan Club by Yukari Ichijō (1986) Nana Iro Majikku by Yū Asagiri (1987) Junjō Crazy Fruits by Akemi Matsunae (1988) Chibi Maruko-chan by Momoko Sakura and Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! by Yumiko Suzuki (1989)
1990s	Pride by Naka Marimura (1990) Eien no Nohara by Mieko Ōsaka (1991) Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa by Mariko Iwadate (1992) Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi (1993) Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite iru by Junko Karube (1994) Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku by Mari Ozawa (1995) A Gentle Breeze in the Village by Fusako Kuramochi (1996) Eight Clouds Rising by Natsumi Itsuki (1997) Kodocha by Miho Obana (1998) Peach Girl by Miwa Ueda (1999)
2000s	Guru Guru Pon-chan by Satomi Ikezawa (2000) Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya (2001) Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga (2002) Honey and Clover by Chica Umino and Tramps Like Us by Yayoi Ogawa (2003) Nodame Cantabile by Tomoko Ninomiya (2004) Hey Pitan! by Risa Itō and A Perfect Day for Love Letters by George Asakura (2005) Life by Keiko Suenobu (2006) IS by Chiyo Rokuhana (2007) Kimi ni Todoke by Karuho Shiina (2008) Kiyoku Yawaku by Ryo Ikuemi (2009)
2010s	Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura (2010) Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu (2011) Shitsuren Chocolatier by Setona Mizushiro (2012) My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko (2013) House of the Sun by Ta'amo (2014) The Full-Time Wife Escapist by Tsunami Umino (2015) Kiss Him, Not Me by Junko (2016) My Boy in Blue by Maki Miyoshi (2017) Tōmei na Yurikago by Bakka Okita (2018) Perfect World by Rie Aruga (2019)
2020s	Our Precious Conversations by Robico (2020) A Condition Called Love by Megumi Morino (2021) Nina the Starry Bride by Rikachi (2022) My Girlfriend's Child by Mamoru Aoi (2023) I See Your Face, Turned Away by Rumi Ichinohe (2024)

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Grand Prize

1990s	Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon (1997) Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (1998) Naoki Urasawa for Monster (1999)
2000s	Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (2000) Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (2001) Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond (2002) Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A Friend Named Jacques Thibault (2003) Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter (2004) Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (2005) Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary (2006) Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (2007) Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon (2008) Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (2009)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono (2010) Motoka Murakami for Jin and Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai (2011) Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie (2012) Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom (2013) Chica Umino for March Comes In like a Lion (2014) Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku (2015) Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku and Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba&! (2016) Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Somu (2017) Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy (2018) Shinobu Arima for Jitterbug The Forties (2019)
2020s	Kan Takahama for Nyx no Lantern (2020) Kazumi Yamashita for Land (2021) Uoto for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2022) Kiwa Irie for Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito (2023) Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for PLINIVS (2024)

Special
Award

1990s	Toshio Naiki (1997) Shotaro Ishinomori (1998) Fusanosuke Natsume (1999)
2000s	Frederik L. Schodt (2000) Akira Maruyuma (2001) Shigeru Mizuki (2003) Tarō Minamoto (2004) Kawasaki City Museum (2005) Kousei Ono (2006) International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (2008)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yonezawa (2010) Weekly Shōnen Jump (2012) Fujiko Fujio (A) (2014) Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (2015) Kyoto International Manga Museum (2016) Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2017) Tetsuya Chiba for Ashita no Joe (2018) Takao Saito for Golgo 13 (2019)
2020s	Machiko Hasegawa for Sazae-san (2020) Koyoharu Gotouge for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021) Kazuo Umezu for Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan (2023) COMITIA (2024)