Fumi Saimon

Japanese manga artist and novelist

Fumi Saimon 柴門ふみ
Born	(1957-01-19) January 19, 1957 (age 67) Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Awards	Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga - Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho Kodansha Manga Award for general manga - P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei

Fumi Saimon (柴門ふみ, Saimon Fumi, born 19 January 1957 in Tokushima, Tokushima) is a female Japanese manga artist and novelist. She is best known for the series Tokyo Love Story, which was adapted as a live-action television series. She won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei^[1] and the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho.^[2] She is married to manga artist Kenshi Hirokane.

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 29 September 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2007.

External links

Fumi Saimon at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Profile Archived 22 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine at The Ultimate Manga Page

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)