Rieko Saibara Explained

Name Nonen:	西原理恵子
Nonus:	ja
Birth Date:	1 November 1964
Birth Place:	Kōchi, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Area:	Manga artist, illustrator, writer
Children:	2

is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1988 with Japanese: Chikuro Yochien, serialized in Weekly Young Sunday.^[1] In 1989, she graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University.^[2] ^[3] Saibara has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the 43rd Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1997 for Japanese: Bokunchi|nocat=y;^[4] the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004 for Japanese: [[Mainichi Kaasan]];^[5] the Short Story Award at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prizes in 2005 for Japanese: Mainichi Kaasan and Japanese: [[Jōkyō Monogatari]];^[6] the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011 for Japanese: Mainichi Kaasan;^[7] and the 6th Best Mother Award for Literature in 2020.^[8]

She is friends with fellow manga artist Nobuyuki Fukumoto. When she appeared on "Big Comic Superior Presents: The 6th Saibara Rieko's Life Art Skill Showdown", she revealed that she had known him for 20 years, and wrote that he has been "a handsome, serious, gentle-mannered and lovely man ever since then", but he was ignored by female manga artists because of his unpopular status.

Works

Manga

Japanese: Chikuro Yochien (serialized in Weekly Young Sunday, 1988–1994)
Japanese: Yunbo-kun (serialized in Manga Club, 1989–1997)^[9]
Japanese: Ura Mishuran (co-author, serialized in Weekly Asahi, 1992–1994)^[10]
Japanese: Bokunchi|nocat=y (serialized in Big Comic Spirits, 1995–1998)^[11]
Japanese: [[Mainichi Kaasan]] (serialized in the Mainichi Shimbun, 2002–2017)^[12] ^[13]
Japanese: Ikechan to Boku (serialized in Yasei Jidai, 2004–2006)^[14]
Japanese: Pāmanento no Bara (serialized in Shinchosha 45, 2004–2006)^[15]
Japanese: [[Jōkyō Monogatari]] (serialized in Big Comic Superior, 2004)^[16] ^[17]
Japanese: [[Onnanoko Monogatari]] (serialized in Big Comic Superior, 2005)^[18] ^[19]
Japanese: [[Eigyō Monogatari]] (serialized in Big Comic Superior, 2005)^[20] ^[21]
Japanese: Dārin wa 70-sai (serialized in Big Comic Superior, 2014–present)^[22]
Japanese: Rie-san Techō (serialized in the Mainichi Shimbun, 2017–present)^[23]

Video games

Japanese: Saibara Rieko no Mahjong Hourouki (Super Famicom, 1995)^[24]
Japanese: Janhai Yūgi '99: Tanuki no Kawazan'yō (PlayStation, 1998)^[25]
Japanese: Saibara Rieko no Mahjong Toriatama Kikō (PlayStation, 2000)^[26]
Japanese: Saibara Rieko no Dendō Mahjong (Game Boy Advance, 2001)^[27]

External links

Official blog

Notes and References

Web site: Wijers-Hasegawa . Yumi . Reiko Saibara: Drawing on experience . . 21 June 2020 . 1 April 2007.
Web site: List of Committee Members & Artists: SAIBARA Rieko . Japan Media Arts Festival Archive . . 21 June 2020.
Web site: ja:2009年5月号掲載著者インタビュー『毎日かあさん』の西原理恵子さん . https://www1.e-hon.ne.jp/content/sp_0031_i_saibararieko.html . e-hon.ne.jp . 21 June 2020 . ja . May 2009.
Web site: ja:文藝春秋漫画賞 . http://www.ztv.ne.jp/keiko/comic_lab/prize/bungei_shunju_mangasho.html . Comic Lab . 9 June 2013 . ja.
Web site: Excellence Award – Mainichi Kaasan: Kanihaha-hen . Japan Media Arts Festival Archive . . 21 June 2020.
Web site: Macdonald . Christopher . Tezuka Award Winner Announced . . 27 March 2013 . 10 May 2005.
Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards Honor Moto Hagio . . 27 March 2013 . 10 May 2011.
Web site: ja:西原理恵子、第6回ベストマザー賞の文芸部門を受賞 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/90361 . . 21 June 2020 . ja . 10 May 2020.
Web site: ja:ゆんぼくん . https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%86%E3%82%93%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93-745014 . Kotobank . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:短編賞：西原理恵子 . https://www.asahi.com/special/tezuka-anniv20th/2005/ . Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize Official Website . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:ぼくんち . https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93%E3%81%A1-738342 . Kotobank . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:西原理恵子「毎日かあさん」が“卒母”のため連載に幕！10月からは新連載 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/233502 . . 21 June 2020 . ja . 22 May 2017.
Web site: Pineda . Rafael Antonio . Kaasan Mom's Life Manga to End in June . . 21 June 2020 . 22 May 2017.
Web site: ja:いけちゃんとぼく . https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%84%E3%81%91%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F-694295 . Kotobank . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:パーマネント野ばら . https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%87%8E%E3%81%B0%E3%82%89-732091 . Kotobank . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . Rieko Saibara's Jōkyō Monogatari Manga Gets Live-Action Film . . 27 March 2013 . 22 March 2013.
Web site: ja:上京ものがたり . https://csbs.shogakukan.co.jp/book/?comic_id=8208 . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:女の子ものがたり . https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%AD%90%E3%82%82%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8C%E3%81%9F%E3%82%8A-700359 . Kotobank . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:女の子ものがたり . https://csbs.shogakukan.co.jp/book/?comic_id=7850 . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:営業ものがたり . https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M244601 . Media Arts Database . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:営業ものがたり . https://csbs.shogakukan.co.jp/book/?comic_id=8142 . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:西原理恵子が高須院長との蜜月描く！誰得ノロケ新連載「ダーリンは70歳」 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/131214 . . 21 June 2020 . ja . 14 November 2014.
Web site: ja:西原理恵子の新作は、ド派手なおばさんが大暴れ！「りえさん手帖」10月開始 . https://natalie.mu/comic/news/246335 . . 21 June 2020 . ja . 28 August 2017.
Web site: ja:さいばらりえこのまあじゃんほうろうき . https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M748713 . Media Arts Database . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:雀牌遊戯'99 たぬきの皮算用 . https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M724576 . Media Arts Database . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:麻雀鳥頭紀行 . https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M723936 . Media Arts Database . . 21 June 2020 . ja.
Web site: ja:西原理恵子の殿堂麻雀 . https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M763288 . Media Arts Database . . 21 June 2020 . ja.