Aka Akasaka Explained

Name Nonen:	赤坂 アカ
Birth Date:	August 29, 1988
Birth Place:	Sado, Niigata, Japan
Area:	Manga artist, writer
Nonus:	ja
Awards:	Shogakukan Manga Award

^[1] is a Japanese manga artist and writer best known for his series and Oshi no Ko.

Biography

Akasaka contributed to the background assets of the visual novel video game Wonderful Everyday, released in Japan in 2010.^[2] His series was serialized in Shueisha's Miracle Jump between May 2015 and January 2016, and was then transferred to Weekly Young Jump starting from March 2016. It was the 9th best selling manga in Japan in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold.^[3] In 2020, he won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category with the manga. Starting from April 2020, his work Oshi no Ko, which is illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, is serialized in Weekly Young Jump and is his second active series on the magazine at the same time.^[4] In August 2021, Oshi no Ko won the Next Manga Award in the print category.^[5]

Following the end of Kaguya-sama, Akasaka announced on November 3, 2022, that he would retire from drawing manga to instead focus on writing.^[6]

In April 2023, Akasaka launched a new manga, Ren'ai Daikō, which is illustrated by Nishizawa 5mm. ^[7]

Works

Manga

• (2011–2012, story by Hikaru Sugii, character design by Ryō Ueda)
• (2013–2015)^[8]
• (2015–2022)
• (2020–present, illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari)
• (2023–2024, illustrated by Nishizawa 5mm)^[9]

Video games

• Wonderful Everyday (background assets)

Awards and nominations

|-! 2015| rowspan="2" | Next Manga Award| Manga I Want to Sell in the Future| Ib: Instant Bullet| |^[10] |-! 2017| Print Manga| | |^[11] |-! rowspan="2"| 2020| Shogakukan Manga Award| General Manga| Kaguya-sama: Love Is War| |^[12] |-| BookWalker Awards| Grand Prize| Kaguya-sama: Love Is War| |^[13] |-! rowspan="2"| 2021| Manga Taishō| | Oshi no Ko| |^[14] |-| Next Manga Award| Print Manga| Oshi no Ko| |^[15] |-! rowspan="4"| 2022| Shogakukan Manga Award| General Manga| Oshi no Ko| |^[16] |-| Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize| Grand Prize| Oshi no Ko| |^[17] |-| Manga Taishō| | Oshi no Ko| |^[18] |-| Kodansha Manga Award| General Manga| Oshi no Ko| |^[19] |-

Further reading

• Aka Akasaka. Daisuke Okamoto . Wielding emotions to create a story: "Kaguya-sama Wants to Be Confessed To" author Aka Akasaka shares his strategy for writing manga. February 16, 2020. July 8, 2020. Translation by Kaguya-sama Discord. Guya.moe . based on Aka Akasaka. Daisuke Okamoto. 感情を操り、物語を創る。『かぐや様は告らせたい』赤坂アカが考える“戦略的”漫画論. January 30, 2020. Manipulate emotions and create stories. "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai" Akasaka's "strategic" comic theory. Livedoor News. ja. July 8, 2020 .

External links

• • Aka Akasaka | Official Publisher Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: ja:『かぐや様』作者が原作の新連載27日開始 ヤンジャンで『【推しの子】』含め2作同時の週刊連載. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2276011/full/. Oricon News. August 10, 2023. ja. April 20, 2023.
2. Akasaka. Aka. akasaka_aka. 1203260023272439809. ja:（今まで内緒にしていたのですが、素晴らしき日々の背景何枚か描かせて頂いていました）. June 9, 2022. December 7, 2019. ja.
3. Web site: Loo. Egan. Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2019. Anime News Network. November 28, 2019. November 27, 2019.
4. Web site: ja:『かぐや様』作者、ヤンジャンで2作品同時連載開始 原作担当の新連載は芸能界描く. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2160436/full/. Oricon News. June 25, 2020. ja. April 23, 2020.
5. Web site: NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2021. 2021-08-28. NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2021. en.
6. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Kaguya-sama Creator Aka Akasaka Retires from Drawing Manga to Focus on Writing. Anime News Network. April 3, 2023. November 3, 2022.
7. Web site: '"Oshi no Ko"' Author Aka Akasaka Launches New Manga . 2024-04-29 . MyAnimeList.net . en.
8. Web site: ja:「デュラララ!!」キャラが2頭身に、ギャグ「みにでゅら」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/95931. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 13, 2023. July 28, 2013. ja.
9. Web site: Harding. Daryl. Kaguya-sama Creator Aka Akasaka’s New Manga Renai Daiko Starts April 27. Crunchyroll. April 13, 2023. April 13, 2023.
10. Web site: ja:「次にくるマンガ大賞」1位に輝いたのは「僕のヒーローアカデミア」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/137940. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 13, 2023. February 6, 2015. ja.
11. Web site: ja:次にくるマンガ大賞、「かぐや様は告らせたい」がコミックス部門1位に. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/245762. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 13, 2023. August 23, 2017. ja.
12. Web site: Sherman. Jennifer. Aoashi, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, More Win 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards. Anime News Network. June 25, 2020. January 23, 2020.
13. Web site: ja:「かぐや様は告らせたい」がBOOK☆WALKER大賞を受賞、赤坂アカ描き下ろしイラスト到着. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/371095. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 13, 2023. March 13, 2020. ja.
14. Web site: ja:マンガ大賞2021、大賞は山田鐘人・アベツカサ「葬送のフリーレン」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/420300. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 13, 2023. March 16, 2021. ja.
15. Web site: ja:『次にくるマンガ大賞 2021』大賞作品は『【推しの子】』&『怪獣8号』. https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2204647/full/. Oricon News. April 13, 2023. August 24, 2021. ja.
16. Web site: Mateo. Alex. Komi Can't Communicate, My Love Mix-Up!, Do not say mystery Manga Win 67th Shogakukan Manga Awards. Anime News Network. April 13, 2023. January 18, 2022.
17. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Oshi no Ko, Kaiju No. 8, Jojolion, Peleliu Nominated for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. Anime News Network. April 13, 2023. February 20, 2022.
18. Web site: ja:マンガ大賞2022発表！大賞はうめざわしゅん「ダーウィン事変」. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/471523. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. April 13, 2023. March 28, 2022. ja.
19. Web site: Mateo. Alex. 46th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced. Anime News Network. April 13, 2023. May 11, 2022.