Chie Kutsuwada Manga
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I am an UK based Japanese manga creator and illustrator. After graduating from Royal College of Art, London, I have been creating many works, which are often very delicate and romantic in style.
I create story as well as illustration by myself like King of a Miniature Garden (2007 collected in The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 2, Constable & Robinson), my first manga and Moonlight (2008 collected in The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 3), which was shortlisted in Manga Jiman competition organized by UK Japan Embassy. I also have been working on some well-known titles such as Shakespeare’s As You Like It (SelfMadeHero, London) and Musashi Miyamoto’s The Book of Five Rings (Shambhala, Boston & London)
I ran a series of illustrated columns called Mondo Manga for Mainichi Weekly (published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd) about life and culture in the U.K. Also, I have provided many illustrations for art books such as Extreme Stickering Manga, Artful Etching: Manga, Artful Etching: Kawaii (Thunder Bay Press, USA). I also have written and illustrated several how-to books such as 10 Step Drawing Manga and 10 Step Drawing Kawaii (Search Press, UK). I have recently been collaborating with an author Julian Sedgwick and have created Tsunami Girl (2021 Guppy Books, UK) which was nominated to several book prizes including the Carnegie Medal, and also their latest creation, 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Café (2023 Guppy Books, UK).
My books are available at the most of English-speaking countries. Also some of them are translated in France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and some other countries.
Besides creating manga comics, I also attend many manga-related events in and out of the UK and run manga workshops at schools, universities, libraries, and museums, such as the British Museum, the British Library, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. I regularly teach some holiday manga courses at the Art Academy, London.
I also have worked on projects for several others including UK Japan Embassy, Iceland Japan Embassy, BBC, Channel 4, CNN, Wagamama, and Winsor & Newton.
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To refer more precise information of me, please check my CV HERE.