Chiho Saito
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is a Japanese manga artist
, most noted for the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena
. In 1997, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award
for shōjo
for Kanon
. She is part of the Be-Papas manga artist collective.
Her debut work was "Ken to Madomoaseru" (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) in 1982. Her hobbies are dance, music, opera, and sumo.
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
, most noted for the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena
Revolutionary Girl Utena
is a manga by Chiho Saito and anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The manga serial began in the June 1996 issue of Ciao and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. The anime and manga were created simultaneously, but, despite some similarities, they progressed in different directions. A movie, was...
. In 1997, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...
for shōjo
Shojo
The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...
for Kanon
Kanon (manga)
is a Japanese music manga written and illustrated by Chiho Saito. It was serialised by Shogakukan in Amici from 1995 to 1997 and collected in six bound volumes. Kanon received the 1997 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga...
. She is part of the Be-Papas manga artist collective.
Her debut work was "Ken to Madomoaseru" (The Sword and the Mademoiselle) in 1982. Her hobbies are dance, music, opera, and sumo.