| Hikaru Nakamura
中村 光
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| Born | (1984-04-21) April 21, 1984 (age 40) Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
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| Awards | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2009) |
| Spouse(s) | Hiroshi Kamiya |
| Children | 1 |
Hikaru Nakamura (中村 光, Nakamura Hikaru, born April 21, 1984, in Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist.[1] She debuted in 2001 with the short story Kairi no Sue (海里の陶), published in Monthly Gangan Wing.[1] She is best known as the creator of the manga series Arakawa Under the Bridge and Saint Young Men, the latter of which won a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2009.[2]ANikkei Entertainment magazine article published in August 2011 listed her ninth overall among the top 50 manga creators by sales since 2010, with 5.54 million copies sold.[3] Her artwork has also been featured in two manga exhibitions at the British Museum in London, England.[4] Nakamura gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in November 2011.[5]
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| Year | Nominated work | Category | Award | Result | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2008 | Saint Young Men | Jury Selections | Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division | Longlisted | [10][11] | |
| 2009 | Saint Young Men | Male Readers | Kono Manga ga Sugoi! | Won | [12] | |
| 2009 | Saint Young Men | — | Manga Taishō | Nominated | [13] | |
| 2009 | Saint Young Men | Short Work Prize | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize | Won | [2] | |
| 2010 | Saint Young Men | Male Readers | Kono Manga ga Sugoi! | 8th place | [14] | |
| 2012 | Saint Young Men | Best Comic | Angoulême International Comics Festival | Nominated | [15] | |
| 2015 | Saint Young Men | Book of the Year | Da Vinci | 12th place | [16] |
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