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Yoshiko Tsuchida (Japanese: 土田よしこ, 26 February 1948 – 15 September 2023) was a Japanese manga artist and writer. Often described as a "unique" figure among Japanese manga artists,[1][2] because of her style she has been referred to as "a female Fujio Akatsuka".[2]
Yoshiko Tsuchida | |
|---|---|
土田よしこ | |
| Born | 26 February 1948 |
| Died | 15 September 2023 (aged 75) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Mangaka |
Life and career
editBorn in Musashino, Tokyo, since her childhood Tsuchida was a keen manga reader, and especially a fan of Shigeru Sugiura and Osamu Tezuka.[2] After her high school graduation she started her career as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka at Fujio Pro.[2] She made her debut as a manga creator in 1968, with the series Harenchi-kun, published in the magazine Shōsetsu June.[3]
Specialized in nonsense gag cartoons featuring parodies of traditional shōjo manga heroines,[4] Tsuchida is best known for her manga Tsuruhime-ja! ("It's Princess Tsuru!"), which ran from 1973 to 1979 in the magazine Margaret and in 1990 was adapted into a Nippon TV anime series with the same name.[5][6] The manga was awarded the Excellence Award at the fourth Japan Cartoonists Association Awards.[7][8] Tsuchida died on 15 September 2023, at the age of 75.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Japanese comics". Handbook of Japanese popular culture. Greenwood Press. 2000. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-313-23922-9.
- ^ a b c d Horn, Maurice (1983). "Tsuchida, Yoshiko". The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 559. ISBN 978-0-87754-399-2.
- ^ "総特集 赤塚不二夫 ふしぎだけどほんとうなのだ". 河出書房新社. Kawade. 18 September 2023. p. 136. ISBN 978-4-309-97714-0.
- ^ Schodt, Frederik L. (1983). Manga! Manga! The world of Japanese comics. Kodansha International / Harper & Row. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-87011-549-3.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (4 October 2023). "Tsuruhime-ja! Manga Creator Yoshiko Tsuchida Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Clements, Jonathan (2001). "Tsuru-Hime". The Anime Encyclopedia. Stone Bridge Press. p. 413. ISBN 978-1-880656-64-8.
- ^ a b "漫画家の土田よしこさん死去 ドタバタギャグ「つる姫じゃ～っ！」：朝日新聞デジタル". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 September 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ "Japanese Cartoonists' Association Awards". Hahn Library. Retrieved 4 October 2023.