Michiyo Akaishi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michiyo Akaishi

Manga artist

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1959

Place of Birth: Saitama, Kantō region, Japan

Profession: writer, mangaka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Michiyo Akaishi (?? ??, Akaishi Michiyo, born October 11, 1959 in Urawa) is a Japanese manga artist.
She graduated from Saitama Prefectural Dai-Ichi Girls High School.
Akaishi then attended Musashino Art University where she graduated with a degree in commercial plastic model design.
In 1979, she won first place in the Shogakukan Shinjin Comic Award contest. Akaishi's debut story, Marshmallow Tea wa Hitori de, appeared in the January 1980 issue of Bessatsu Shojo Comic.
Her story, One More Jump , won the 1994 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.
She was one of the judges for the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2008.