Hinako Ashihara
- Piece: Kanojo no Kioku
- Sand Chronicles
- 58th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga (Piece: Kanojo no Kioku)
- 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga (Sand Chronicles)
Ritsuko Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本 律子, Hepburn: Matsumoto Ritsuko, January 25, 1974 – January 29, 2024),[2] known by the pseudonym Hinako Ashihara (芦原 妃名子, Ashihara Hinako),[3] was a Japanese manga artist.
Career
She wrote and illustrated various manga series, including, Homemade Home, Forbidden Dance, Sand Chronicles, Piece: Kanojo no Kioku, Tennen Bitter Chocolate, SOS, and Chouchou Kumo. Ashihara won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for her manga series Sand Chronicles, as well as the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award for Piece: Kanojo no Kioku.
Her first published work, "Sono hanashi okotowari shimasu" (lit. "That Sweet Organ Song"), premiered in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic in 1994 and was included in the book SOS.[4]
Death
Ashihara was found dead in Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture[5] on January 29, 2024, in a suspected suicide.[2] A missing persons report was filed the day before at 4 PM when police received a call that Ashihara was missing.[6]
Three days before the discovery of her body, Ashihara posted on her blog, criticizing Nippon TV for their television drama adaptation of her manga Sexy Tanaka-san for being unfaithful to the original.[7] She later deleted the blog post and apologized.[8][9]
On February 15, 2024, NTV issued a press statement where they apologized to Ashihara's family and the TV drama's cast and crew, additionally stating that they have launched an inquiry with Shogakukan's representatives.[10][11]
Works
- Girls Lesson (1995–1996)
- Homemade Home (1996)
- Room Full of Falling Stars (Hoshifuru Heya de) (1997)
- Forbidden Dance (Tenshi no Kiss) (1997–1998)
- Derby Queen (1999–2000)
- MiSS (2000–2001)
- Tennen Bitter Chocolate (2001–2002)
- Pinky Promise (Yubikiri) (2002)
- Bitter: Nakechau Koi Monogatari (2003) (contributor)
- SOS (2003)
- Sand Chronicles (Sunadokei) (2003–2006)
- Bitter II (2004) (contributor)
- Butterfly Cloud (Chouchou Kumo) (2006)
- The Moon and the Lake (Tsuki to Mizuumi) (2007)
- Konbini S (2008)
- Piece: Kanojo no Kioku (2008–2013)
- Bread & Butter (2013–2020)[12][13]
- Sexy Tanaka-san (2017–2024)[14]
References
- ^ 芦原妃名子 先生. Betsucomi (in Japanese). June 12, 2009. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009.
- ^ a b "漫画家の芦原妃名子さん、栃木県内で死去、自殺か 「セクシー田中さん」原作者". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ "RIP Hinako Ashihara, author of SAND CHRONICLES". January 30, 2024.
- ^ "Hinako Ashihara". Shojo Beat. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ "「セクシー田中さん」「砂時計」で知られる漫画家の芦原妃名子さん死去、50歳". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "Manga artist found dead from apparent suicide after vanishing".
- ^ "Japanese Manga Artist Ashihara Hinako Found Dead Days After Protesting 'Sexy Tanaka-san' TV Adaptation". Variety. January 31, 2024.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 29, 2024). "Sexy Tanaka-san, Sand Chronicles Manga Creator Hinako Ashihara Dies in Apparent Suicide". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ 漫画家・芦原妃名子さんが死亡 「セクシー田中さん」など連載 (in Japanese)
- ^ "ドラマ「セクシー田中さん」について" (PDF) (in Japanese). NTV. February 15, 2015.
- ^ "The Ashihara Hinako Tragedy: "Sexy Tanaka-san" and the Moral Rights of Authors". Nippon. April 12, 2024.
- ^ 芦原妃名子、集英社初登場!アラサー女がパン屋に出会う. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). September 28, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 28, 2020). "Sand Chronicles' Hinako Ashihara Ends Bread & Butter Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ 地味な40歳OLの秘密とは?芦原妃名子が女性の夢と恋描く「セクシー田中さん」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). April 10, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
External links
- Hinako Ashihara at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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