Shiki Kawabata (Kanji: 川端 志 季; Kawabata Shiki b. in Tokyo, Japan)[1] is a Japanese writer specializing in manga.
She debuted as a manga artist in 2012 with 08:05 no Hengao-san, a short story published in a supplement of the magazine Bessatsu Margaret.[2] Her works are framed within the shōjo genre, which is mainly aimed at a young female audience. Her first series, which started in October 2014, was voted fifth best shōjo of 2015 in Japan.[2] [3]
One of her most well known works is Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka (宇宙〈そら〉を駆けるよだか), first published, in serial format, in Bessatsu Margaret during 2014–2015; later compiled into three volumes by Shueisha.[4] As a result of the success of this work, in 2018 the media service provider Netflix produced an adaptation of Kawabata's manga in the form of a six-part live action miniseries under the title Switched,[5] premiering on 1 August, about a teen whose 'world is turned upside down when a peer robs her of her body, her boyfriend and her identity'.[6]
| Publication date | Title | Romaji | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 08:05の変顔さん | Shūeisha | ||
| 2013 | クライムクライム hard luck woman | Shūeisha | ||
| 2013–2014 | 青に光芒 | Ao ni Koubou | Shūeisha | |
| 2014 | 眠る街のふたり | Nemuru Machi no Futari | Shūeisha | |
| 2014–2015 | 宇宙（そら）を駆けるよだか | Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka | Shūeisha | |
| 2016–2017 | 箱庭のソレイユ | Hakoniwa no Soleil | Shūeisha | |
| 2018 – | 僕のオリオン | Boku no Orion | Shūeisha | |
| 2018 – | 世界で一番早い春 | Sekai de ichiban hayai haru | Kōdansha |