is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida

Akimi Yoshida

is a Japanese manga artist.Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shōjo, for Kisshō Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002...

. It was serialized by Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

 in Betsucomi

Betsucomi

, formerly known as Bessatsu Shōjo Comic, is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan, originally aimed at young girls, but increasingly marketed to older teens and young women. It is released on the 13th of each month...

between February 1983 and June 1984 and collected in four bound volumes

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

. Kisshō Tennyo received the 1984 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 manga.

On 30 June 2007, Blue Planet released Kisshō Tennyo live-action movie. It was directed by Ataru Oikawa

Ataru Oikawa

-Filmography:* Tomie * Lovers' Kiss * Einstein Girl * Tomie: Beginning * Tomie: Revenge * Apartment 1303 * Kisshō Tennyo * Higurashi no Naku Koro ni...

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On December 21, 2007, Happinet Pictures released a DVD for the film version of Kisshō Tennyo.

Manga

The individual chapters of the manga were collected in four tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

volumes released between October 1983 and October 1984. The series was re-released by Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

 in February 1995 in a two-volume kanzenban edition.

Volume list