Miki Aihara Explained

Miki Aihara
Birth Date:June 10
Birth Place:Shizuoka, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Known For:Hot Gimmick
Occupation:Manga artist
Website:http://www.mikiniki.net

(born June 10 in Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese shojo mangaka best known for creating the manga series Hot Gimmick. She debuted with Lip Conscious! in Betsucomi.[1] Aihara frequently serialized her series in Betsucomi but has had her works serialized in Cheese! in the past several years. Although none of Aihara's series have been adapted into anime, Hot Gimmick has received two drama CDs, a light novel spinoff titled Hot Gimmick S and a live-action film adaptation,[2] [3] while From Five to Nine has been adapted into a live-action television drama.

Works

A † indicates the work has been published in English.

Series

!Year!Title!Volumes!Magazine!Notes
1994Atashi ni Tsuiterasshai(あたしについてらっしゃい)1Betsucomi
Oyani wa Naisho(親にはナイショ)2
1995-6Tokyo Boys & Girls†(東京少年少女, Tōkyō Shōnen Shōjo)5
1996-8So Bad!6
1998Sora ni Taiyou ga Arukagiri.(空に太陽がある限りっ。)3A bonus chapter was included in the 2003 oneshot anthology Sweet: Torokechau Koimonogatari (Sweet - トロけちゃう恋物語).
1999-2000Seiten Taisei(青天大晴)6
2000-5Hot Gimmick†(ホットギミック)12
2004Sensei no Okiniiri!(先生のお気に入り!)1Cheese!
2006Oujisama no Kanojo(王子様の彼女)Betsucomi
Zoku Sensei no Okiniiri!(続・先生のお気に入り!)Cheese!Sequel to Sensei no Okiniiri!
2006-9Honey Hunt†(ハニーハント)6Cheese! (Japan)

Shojo Beat

(United States)

Aihara's first, and so far only, series to be serialized in a magazine outside Japan.Has not officially ended, but is currently on hiatus.
2010–20From Five to Nine(5時から9時まで, 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made)16Cheese!5-ji Kara 9-ji Made concluded in the May 2020 edition of Cheese.[4]

Oneshots

!Year!Title!Magazine!Notes
1991Lip Conscious!(Lip・コンシャス)Betsucomi
1994Shirayukihime '94(白雪姫'94)
200410 Days†(10日間, 10 Kakan)
2006Getsuyoubi ga Machidoshii(月曜日が待ち遠しい)Big Comic SpiritsAihara's first, and so far only, seinen manga.

Other

!Year!Title!Notes
2005Hot Gimmick S†(ホットギミックS)A light novel spinoff of Hot Gimmick written by Megumi Nishizaki. Aihara only did the illustrations.
2008Aihara Miki: The Best Selection(相原実貴The Best Selection)Part of the Best Selection series. Each instalment in the series is a collection of oneshots by a famed shojo mangaka who mainly serializes their works in Shogakukan magazines.

References

  1. Web site: Hot Gimmick . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221128115144/https://www.viz.com/hot-gimmick . 28 November 2022 . 6 December 2022 . Hot Gimmick . Viz.
  2. Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . 18 December 2018 . 2019 Hot Gimmick, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Precure Movies Slated . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211203203002/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-18/2019-hot-gimmick-kamen-rider-super-sentai-precure-movies-slated/.140961 . 3 December 2021 . 6 December 2022 . Anime News Network.
  3. Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . 24 September 2018 . Miki Aihara's Hot Gimmick Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128064441/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-24/miki-aihara-hot-gimmick-manga-gets-live-action-film-in-2019/.137200 . 28 January 2022 . 6 December 2022 . Anime News Network . en.
  4. https://cheese.shogakukan.co.jp/3000/

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