Yukari Ichijo (一条ゆかり, Ichijō Yukari, born 19 September 1949 in Okayama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese shōjo and josei manga artist.

Yukari Ichijo
一条ゆかり
Born (1949-09-19) September 19, 1949 (age 75)
Tamano, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Yūkan Club, Pride
AwardsKodansha Manga Award for shōjo - Yūkan Club
Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize - Pride

She made her debut as a professional manga artist in 1968 with Yuki no Serenade. In 1986 she received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Yūkan Club,[1] and in 2007, she received an Excellence Prize in manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for Pride.[2] Several of her series have been dramatized, including Yūkan Club as an anime OVA and Designer and Tadashii Ren'ai no Susume as high-rated live-action television dramas.[3] A live-action film based on her work Pride was released in 2009.

Yoshimi Uchida worked for her as an assistant in the 1970s.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Japan Media Arts Plaza". Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Series Based on Yukari Ichijo Manga Dominate Afternoon TV". Anime News Network. 13 October 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  4. ^ "少女マンガ家はラファエル前派の夢を見るか". Geijutsu Shinchō. 2014–02.
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