Mikio Igarashi

Japanese manga artist

Mikio Igarashi
いがらしみきお
Born	(1955-01-13) January 13, 1955 (age 69) Kami, Miyagi, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist
Known for	Bonobono Ninpen Manmaru

Mikio Igarashi (いがらしみきお or 五十嵐三喜夫, Igarashi Mikio) is a Japanese manga artist born 13 January 1955 in the town of Nakaniida (now Kami), Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, though he lives in the city of Sendai. He is best known for his manga series Bonobono and Ninpen Manmaru. In 1988, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Bonobono^[1] and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for Ninpen Manmaru.^[2]

Profile

After leaving Miyagi Prefectural Furukawa Kōgyō High School (宮城県古川工業高等学校, Miyagi-ken Furukawa Kōgyō Kōtō Gakkō) before graduating, Igarashi worked for an advertising company in their print shop. While working there, he made his professional debut as a manga artist in 1972.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Bonobono
Ninpen Manmaru
Kamurobamura-e
Hitsuji no Ki (2011-2014)

References

^ 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 9 January 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2007.

External links

Profile Archived 13 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine at The Ultimate Manga Guide

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Shogakukan Manga Award – Children

1980s

Doraemon by Fujiko Fujio (1981)
Game Center Arashi and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com by Mitsuru Sugaya (1982)
Panku Ponk by Haruko Tachiiri (1983)
Kinnikuman by Yudetamago (1984)
Asari-chan by Mayumi Muroyama (1985)
Ganbare, Kickers! by Noriaki Nagai (1986)
Tsurupika Hagemaru by Shinbo Nomura (1987)
Obocchama-kun by Yoshinori Kobayashi (1988)
Mari-chan by Kimiko Uehara (1989)

1990s

Amaizo! Dango by Moo. Nenbei (1990)
Dojji Donbei by Tetsuhiro Koshita (1991)
No award given (1992)
One More Jump by Michiyo Akaishi (1993)
Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun by Kōsaku Anakubo (1994)
Kocchi Muite! Miiko by Eriko Ono (1995)
Midori no Makibaō by Tsunomaru (1996)
Ninpen Manmaru by Mikio Igarashi (1997)
No award given (1998)
Taro the Space Alien by Yasunari Nadotoshi (1999)

2000s

Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (2000)
Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice by Sayuri Tatsuyama (2001)
Croket! by Manavu Kashimoto (2002)
Mirmo! by Hiromu Shinozuka (2003)
Sgt. Frog by Mine Yoshizaki and
Grandpa Danger by Kazutoshi Soyama (2004)
Animal Yokochō by Ryō Maekawa (2005)
Kirarin Revolution by An Nakahara (2006)
Keshikasu-kun by Noriyuki Murase (2007)
Naisho no Tsubomi by Yū Yabūchi (2008)
A Penguin's Troubles by Yūji Nagai (2009)

2010s

Yumeiro Patissiere by Natsumi Matsumoto (2010)
Inazuma Eleven by Tenya Yabuno (2011)
Mysterious Joker by Hideyasu Takahashi (2012)
Zekkyō Gakkyū by Emi Ishikawa (2013)
Yo-kai Watch by Noriyuki Konishi (2014)
Usotsuki! Gokuō-kun by Makoto Yoshimoto (2015)
Ijime by Kaoru Igarashi (2016)
PriPri Chi-chan!! by Hiromu Shinozuka (2017)
Age 12 by Nao Maita (2018)
My New Life as a Cat by Konomi Wagata (2019)

2020s

Duel Masters by Shigenobu Matsumoto and The Magic of Chocolate by Rino Mizuho (2020)
No award given (2021)
Ui × Kon by Minori Kurosaki (2022)

Categories (until 2022):
General
Shōnen
Shōjo
Children

2023–

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