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Akira Himekawa (Japanese: 姫川 明, Himekawa Akira) is a pen name of a duo of female manga artists.

Biography[]

The manga duo made their debut in 1983 on Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Big Comic magazine. The two are individually pen named A Honda (Japanese: 本田 A, Honda Ee) and S Nagano (Japanese: 長野 S, Nagano Esu). During the days of making original doujinshis, they were previously individually pen named Akira Karitaka (Japanese: 狩鷹 明, Karitaka Akira) and Nui Ono (Japanese: 小野 ぬい, Ono Nui).

Throughout their career, there has been numerous variations of their pen name depending on works. For original works not based on any existing properties, the duo use the pen name Akira Himekawa (Japanese: 姫川 明輝, Himekawa Akira). They sometimes use other variations of their pen name such as ひめかわ 明 (Used during serialization of Mini 4 Kids), 姫川 AKIRA and also the English words Akira Himekawa.

The duo is best known for the numerous manga adaptations of The Legend of Zelda games, since it started serialized on numerous magazine and website in 1999.

List of works[]

Individual works[]

  • LADY! Grunsa (by S Nagano under the pen name Nui Ono) (Serialized on Tokugawa Shoten's Monthly Shonen Captain from February 18, 1985 to June 18, 1986. 3 volumes.)
  • Yuki Maboroshi (by A Honda under the pen name Akira Karitaka) (Serialized on Rapport Publishing's Manga Fanroad in 1989. 1 volume.)
  • BANBA ~Yuki no Taichi~ (by S Nagano under the pen name Akira Himekawa-Nui Ono) (Serialized on Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday S in 1992. 1 volume.)
  • Kaiji (by S Nagano under the pen name Akira Himekawa-Nui Ono) (Serialized on Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday S in 1993. 1 volume.)

As duo[]

  • Hiuri (Under the pen name Akira Karitaka + Nui Ono) (Serialized on fanbooks from 1987 to 1996, 5 volumes.)
    • Homura wa Kaze no Na no Gotoku (Under the pen name Akira Karitaka + Nui Ono) (Spin-off of Hiuri. Serialized on fanbooks in 1991, 3 volumes.)
  • Taro no Daibouken (Serialized on Petlive's WAN from 1993 to 1995)
  • Lup Gal (Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic GENKI and later Comic NEWTYPE from 1993 to 1995. 3 volumes.)
  • Legend of Crystania: First-time Adventurers (Adaptation of Legend of Crystania series. Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Gao! from 1995 to 1996. 3 volumes.)
  • Alkimia (Published by Rapport Publishing in 1995. 1 volume.)
  • Alkimia: Alchemist of Phantom Star (Published on Mediawork's Dengeki Comic Gao! in 1996.)
  • Onboro Kingdom (Serialized on Benesse's Challenge Kid's 06 in 1997.)
  • Veil (Story by Toyoo Ashida. Published on Mediawork's Dengeki Comic Gao! in 1997.)
  • Nazca (Manga adaptation of the TV anime of the same name. Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's A-DUSH from 1997 to 1998)
  • Hikoma's Animal Cases (Serialized on Benesse's Challenge Kid's 04 from 1998 to 1999.)
  • Mini 4 Kids (Serialized on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 2 and 3 from February 1998 to March 1999. 2 volumes.)
  • Ride On! (Serialized on Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday S in 1998.)
  • The Legend of Zelda series (Manga adaptation of the video game series of the same name.)
  • Bokura no Tsubasa (Serialized on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 in 2002.)
  • Astro Boy (Manga adaptation of the 2003 TV anime of the same name by the late Osamu Tezuka. Serialized on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 and 6 and Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic from March to August 2003. 3 volumes.)
  • Yuana to Gin no Tsuki (Serialized on Asahi Shogakusei News in 2003.)
    • Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Crazybull's Tear (Serialized on Asahi Shogakusei News in 2003.)
    • Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Frank to Yuana (Serialized on Asahi Shogakusei News in 2004.)
    • Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Oogami no Goku no Yuana (Serialized on Asahi Shogakusei News in 2005.)
    • Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Pasaoka no Oshogatsu (Serialized on Asahi Shogakusei News in 2005.)
  • SUNSUN Sunday (Published on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 in 2005.)
  • Plu no Hitomi no Naka no Boku (Published on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 in 2005.)
  • Tenshi no Octave (Published on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 in 2005.)
  • Brave Story (Manga adaptation of the anime movie of the same name. Serialized on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 in 2006.)
  • Gliding REKI (Serialized on Kodansha's Michao! from 2006 to 2009. 2 volumes.)
  • Angel Nyan (Published on Shogakukan's Pucchikumi in 2018.)
  • Blue Knight (Based on Astro Boy: Legend of the Blue Knight by Osamu Tezuka. Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's KeroKero Ace in 2009. 1 volume.)
  • Seton Doubutsu-ki (Based on novels by Ernest Thompson Seton. Serialized on Shogakukan's GAKUMANplus since 2010. 2 volumes.)
  • Ryuu wa Tasogare no Yume wo Miru (Serialized on Media Factory's Monthly Comic Gene from July 2011 to June 2012. 2 volumes.)
  • Doggy Maggy Doubutsu Gakuen (Published by Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko from 2012 to 2017. 9 volumes.)
  • Taur City no Juunin (Included in Bokura no Koi wa Kemonomichi! anthology book in 2013.)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Adaptation of the TV cartoon of the same name. Serialized on Shogakukan's Pucchikumi from 2013 to 2014. 1 volumes.)
  • Big Inside (Included in Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker - The Manga anthology in 2020 and based on the Star Wars franshise.)

As illustrators[]

  • Mahoroba no Mon (Novel. Story by Shinobu Kuwagawa. Published on Fujimi Shobo's Fujimi Fantasy Bunko in 1994. 1 volume.)
  • Babylon Ring (Novel. Story by Hinowa Kouzuki. Published on Benesse's Challenge Kid's from September to December 1996.)
  • Cross Zone (Novel. Story by Sara Yajima. Published on Benesse's Afterschool Adventure in 2003.)
  • Hamigaki Queen (Novel. Story by Hiroko Reijou. Published on Benesse's Challenge in 2005.)
  • Chiisana Goku no Kyuseishu (Under the pen name Himeaki. Novel, Story by Kazuyuki Takami. Published on MediaWork's Dengeki Bunko from 2006 to 2007.)
  • 556 Labo (Manga. Story by Yuichi Kimura. Serialized on Shogakukan's Sho-Comi in 2007. 2 volumes.)
  • Reset World (Under the pen name Himeaki. Novel. Story by Kazuyuki Takami. Published on MediaWork's Dengeki Bunko in 2008. 3 volumes.)
  • Gold Ring (Manga. Story by Qais Sedki. Published by Pageflip in 2010. 2 volumes.)
  • Aoi no Shugoshin (Manga. Story by RYO. Published on Shueisha's Monthly Young Jump in 2010.)

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