Toshie Kihara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Toshie Kihara

Japanese manga artist

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1948

Place of Birth: Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Profession: mangaka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Toshie Kihara

  • Toshie Kihara (????, Kihara Toshie, born February 14, 1948 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese shojo manga artist and member of the Year 24 Group.
  • She made her professional debut in 1969 with Kotchi muite Mama! in Bessatsu Margaret, and has since written mainly historical manga.
  • She is best known for her series Mari to Shingo (published in Hana to Yume from 1979–1984) about a romance between two young men in the early Showa era. She received the 1985 Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo for Yume no Ishibumi, a multi-volume collection of short stories with shonen-ai themes.In 1998, Kihara adapted Torikaebaya monogatari, a Heian-era tale, into a manga volume called Torikaebaya Ibun.
  • Her manga was then adapted as a Takarazuka Revue musical.

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