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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (1965–2018)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Momoko Sakura'''|さくら ももこ|Sakura Momoko}} (8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018)<ref name="asahi-2018-08-27"/><ref name="yomiuri-2018-08-27">{{Cite web|date=August 27, 2018|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004689571|title=‘Chibi Maruko-chan’ manga author Momoko Sakura dies at 53|work=Japan News|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}</ref> was the [[pen name]] of a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[mangaka|manga artist]] from [[Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka|Shimizu]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture]]. She was best known as the creator of the long-running [[manga]] ''[[Chibi Maruko-chan]]''.
{{nihongo|'''Momoko Sakura'''|さくら ももこ|Sakura Momoko}} (8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018)<ref name="asahi-2018-08-27"/><ref name="yomiuri-2018-08-27">{{Cite web|date=August 27, 2018|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004689571|title='Chibi Maruko-chan' manga author Momoko Sakura dies at 53|work=Japan News|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}</ref> was the [[pen name]] of a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[mangaka|manga artist]] from [[Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka|Shimizu]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture]]. She was best known as the creator of the long-running [[manga]] ''[[Chibi Maruko-chan]]''.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Miki Miura,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/momoko-sakura-dead-breast-cancer-1091473|title=Manga author Momoko Sakura is dead at 53|last=Jackson|first=Dory|date=2018-08-27|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-09-10|language=en}}</ref> was born 8 May 1965. She revealed very little about her privacy, including her real name.<ref name="kyodo-2018-08">{{citation | url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/08/435e3d6df38e-update1-creator-of-chibi-maruko-chan-manga-dies-of-breast-cancer.html | title=Creator of "Chibi Maruko-chan" manga dies of breast cancer | date=2018-08-27 | publisher=[[Kyodo News]] | accessdate=2018-08-28}}</ref><ref name="asahi-2018-08-27">{{citation | url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL8W6K22L8WUCVL03K.html | date=2018-08-27 | script-title=ja:さくらももこさん、乳がんで死去　「ちびまる子ちゃん」 | publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]] | accessdate=2018-08-28 | language=Japanese}}</ref>
Miki Miura,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/momoko-sakura-dead-breast-cancer-1091473|title=Manga author Momoko Sakura is dead at 53|last=Jackson|first=Dory|date=2018-08-27|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-09-10|language=en}}</ref> was born 8 May 1965. She revealed very little about her private life, including her real name.<ref name="kyodo-2018-08">{{citation | url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/08/435e3d6df38e-update1-creator-of-chibi-maruko-chan-manga-dies-of-breast-cancer.html | title=Creator of "Chibi Maruko-chan" manga dies of breast cancer | date=2018-08-27 | publisher=[[Kyodo News]] | accessdate=2018-08-28}}</ref><ref name="asahi-2018-08-27">{{citation | url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL8W6K22L8WUCVL03K.html | date=2018-08-27 | script-title=ja:さくらももこさん、乳がんで死去 「ちびまる子ちゃん」 | publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]] | accessdate=2018-08-28 | language=Japanese}}</ref>


Sakura made her debut as an artist in 1984<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sakuraproduction.jp/|title=さくらプロダクション {{!}} さくらももこ公式情報|website=www.sakuraproduction.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref> and the ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' was published in ''[[Ribon]]'' from 1986 to 1996. The series, which was based on her own childhood, was set in 1974 in suburban Japan. An [[anime]] series based on the ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' aired from 1990 to 1992 while the current second series, which debuted in 1995, continues to this day.
Sakura made her debut as an artist in 1984<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sakuraproduction.jp/|title=さくらプロダクション {{!}} さくらももこ公式情報|website=www.sakuraproduction.jp|language=ja|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>''.'' Her most well-known series, ''Chibi Maruko-chan'', was first published in ''[[Ribon]]'' from 1986 to 1996, and continued in serialization until 2022. The series was based on her own childhood and was set in 1974 in suburban Japan. An [[anime]] series based on ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' aired from 1990 to 1992 while the current second series, which debuted in 1995, continues to this day.


Sakura also made the more [[Surrealism|surreal]] [[fantasy]] series ''[[Coji-Coji]]'', which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with [[Marvelous Interactive]] on creating the [[Dreamcast]] title, ''Sakura Momoko Gekijō Coji-Coji'', and with [[Nintendo]] on creating the [[Game Boy Advance]] title, ''[[Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival]]''. In 2005, she designed the characters for the [[Xbox 360]] title ''[[Every Party]]''.
Sakura also made the more [[Surrealism|surreal]] [[fantasy]] series ''[[Coji-Coji]]'', which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with [[Marvelous Interactive]] on creating the [[Dreamcast]] title ''Sakura Momoko Gekijō Coji-Coji'', and with [[Nintendo]] on creating the [[Game Boy Advance]] title ''[[Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival]]''. In 2005, she designed the characters for the [[Xbox 360]] title ''[[Every Party]]''.


Music has often appeared in the work of Sakura, from the references of YMO in the early collections of ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' and the shout-outs to Shibuya-kei in the surreal world of ''Coji-Coji.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Michel|first=Patrick St|date=2018-09-07|title=Manga artist Momoko Sakura was also a champion of Japanese music|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/09/07/music/manga-artist-momoko-sakura-also-champion-japanese-music/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
Music has often appeared in the work of Sakura, from the references of [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]] in the early collections of ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' and the shout-outs to [[Shibuya-kei]] in the surreal world of ''Coji-Coji.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Michel|first=Patrick St|date=2018-09-07|title=Manga artist Momoko Sakura was also a champion of Japanese music|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/09/07/music/manga-artist-momoko-sakura-also-champion-japanese-music/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Death==
Sakura died from [[breast cancer]] on August 15, 2018, at the age of 53.<ref name="yomiuri-2018-08-27"/> Before her death she wrote lyrics about musician [[Kazuyoshi Saito]] for him to sing. Saito used these for his 2019 song {{nihongo|"Itsumo no Fūkei"|いつもの風景}}, an ending theme of the ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' anime.<ref>{{cite web |title=斉藤和義、11・20『ちびまる子ちゃん』EDシングル コラボジャケット解禁 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2146694/full/ |work=[[Oricon]] |language=Japanese |date=2019-10-16 |accessdate=2021-03-28}}</ref>
Sakura died from [[breast cancer]] on August 15, 2018, at the age of 53.<ref name="yomiuri-2018-08-27"/> Before her death, she wrote lyrics about musician [[Kazuyoshi Saito]] for him to sing. Saito used these for his 2019 song {{nihongo|"Itsumo no Fūkei"|いつもの風景}}, an ending theme of the ''Chibi Maruko-chan'' anime.<ref>{{cite web |title=斉藤和義、11・20『ちびまる子ちゃん』EDシングル コラボジャケット解禁 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2146694/full/ |work=[[Oricon]] |language=Japanese |date=2019-10-16 |accessdate=2021-03-28}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
In 1989, she received the [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for [[shōjo]] for ''Chibi Maruko-chan''.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | accessdate=2007-08-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-08-16}}</ref>
In 1989, she received the [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the [[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]] category for ''Chibi Maruko-chan''.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | accessdate=2007-08-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-08-16}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=1099849|name=Momoko Sakura}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1099849|name=Momoko Sakura}}
* [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1612.html Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page]
* [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1612.html Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604212648/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1612.html |date=2011-06-04 }}


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Latest revision as of 23:26, 30 March 2024

Sakura Momoko
Born
Miki Miura

(1965-05-08)8 May 1965[1]
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Died15 August 2018(2018-08-15) (aged 53)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known forCoji-Coji, Chibi Maruko-chan
Call signJI2EIT

Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ, Sakura Momoko) (8 May 1965 – 15 August 2018)[2][3] was the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She was best known as the creator of the long-running manga Chibi Maruko-chan.

Biography[edit]

Miki Miura,[4] was born 8 May 1965. She revealed very little about her private life, including her real name.[5][2]

Sakura made her debut as an artist in 1984[4][6]. Her most well-known series, Chibi Maruko-chan, was first published in Ribon from 1986 to 1996, and continued in serialization until 2022. The series was based on her own childhood and was set in 1974 in suburban Japan. An anime series based on Chibi Maruko-chan aired from 1990 to 1992 while the current second series, which debuted in 1995, continues to this day.

Sakura also made the more surreal fantasy series Coji-Coji, which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with Marvelous Interactive on creating the Dreamcast title Sakura Momoko Gekijō Coji-Coji, and with Nintendo on creating the Game Boy Advance title Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival. In 2005, she designed the characters for the Xbox 360 title Every Party.

Music has often appeared in the work of Sakura, from the references of Yellow Magic Orchestra in the early collections of Chibi Maruko-chan and the shout-outs to Shibuya-kei in the surreal world of Coji-Coji.[7]

Death[edit]

Sakura died from breast cancer on August 15, 2018, at the age of 53.[3] Before her death, she wrote lyrics about musician Kazuyoshi Saito for him to sing. Saito used these for his 2019 song "Itsumo no Fūkei" (いつもの風景), an ending theme of the Chibi Maruko-chan anime.[8]

Awards[edit]

In 1989, she received the Kodansha Manga Award in the Shōjo category for Chibi Maruko-chan.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ さくらももこさん ：逝く「ちびまる子ちゃん」作者、５３歳　国民的キャラ残し… Archived 2018-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  2. ^ a b さくらももこさん、乳がんで死去 「ちびまる子ちゃん」 (in Japanese), Asahi Shimbun, 2018-08-27, retrieved 2018-08-28
  3. ^ a b "'Chibi Maruko-chan' manga author Momoko Sakura dies at 53". Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Jackson, Dory (2018-08-27). "Manga author Momoko Sakura is dead at 53". Newsweek. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  5. ^ Creator of "Chibi Maruko-chan" manga dies of breast cancer, Kyodo News, 2018-08-27, retrieved 2018-08-28
  6. ^ "さくらプロダクション | さくらももこ公式情報". www.sakuraproduction.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  7. ^ Michel, Patrick St (2018-09-07). "Manga artist Momoko Sakura was also a champion of Japanese music". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  8. ^ "斉藤和義、11・20『ちびまる子ちゃん』EDシングル コラボジャケット解禁". Oricon (in Japanese). 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  9. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.

External links[edit]

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