Negi Haruba (春場 ねぎ, Haruba Negi; born July 27, 1991) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of his…Negi Haruba (春場 ねぎ, Haruba Negi; born July 27, 1991) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of his smash-hit manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, which was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2017 to February 2020. In May 2019, he won the award for Best Shōnen Manga at the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, alongside Ōima Yoshitoki's To Your Eternity. It was the fifth best-selling manga in Japan in 2019. According to Haruba, his pen name comes from the protagonist of Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Negi Springfield. On the award ceremony of the 43rd annual Kodansha Manga Awards, Haruba said it was "special to him" to be selected by Ken Akamatsu, who was one of the judges of the award and the creator of Negima! Magister Negi Magi.
Airi Furukawa (古川 愛李, Furukawa Airi; born 13 December 1989 in Aichi Prefecture) is an illustrator and former member of…Airi Furukawa (古川 愛李, Furukawa Airi; born 13 December 1989 in Aichi Prefecture) is an illustrator and former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a former member and leader of SKE48's Team KII.
Mel Kishida (岸田 メル, Kishida Meru; born September 3, 1983) is a Japanese illustrator. His works include both light novel…Mel Kishida (岸田 メル, Kishida Meru; born September 3, 1983) is a Japanese illustrator. His works include both light novel illustration and anime character design. His major works include the character designer of the Hanasaku Iroha anime and character designer for the Arland Atelier game series, as well as being the illustrator of the Heaven's Memo Pad light novel series.
Kōji Yamamura (山村 浩二, Yamamura Kōji; born June 4, 1964) is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career…Kōji Yamamura (山村 浩二, Yamamura Kōji; born June 4, 1964) is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other directors. He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature and textbooks. His animation spans a variety of media, his earliest independent works mixing clay painting and stop motion with cels, but has latterly come to concentrate on traditional animation. Two of his most famous and acclaimed films are the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film-nominated and Cristal d'Annecy–winning Mt. Head and the Ottawa Grand Prize and Ōfuji Noburō Award–winning A Country Doctor. His 2011 short film Muybridge's Strings was one of five animated shorts nominated for the Genie Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.
Utako Yamada (山田詩子, Yamada utako) is a Japanese writer, illustrator and translator from Tokyo, Japan. She is the author…Utako Yamada (山田詩子, Yamada utako) is a Japanese writer, illustrator and translator from Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of 3 official children's books, on which the most notable were The Story of Cherry the Pig and Buzzy the Honeybee. She also owns a tea shop named Karel Capek located in Kokubunji, Tokyo. She is married in Tokyo and has two sons.
Kenkichi Sugimoto (杉本健吉) (September 20, 1905 in Nagoya – February 10, 2004 in Nagoya) was a Japanese artist. He was…Kenkichi Sugimoto (杉本健吉) (September 20, 1905 in Nagoya – February 10, 2004 in Nagoya) was a Japanese artist. He was known as an oil painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. In 1987 the Meitetsu railroad company opened the Sugimoto Art Museum in Mihama, Aichi.