Nana Haruta
Description
Nana Haruta is a Japanese manga artist born on June 30, 1985, in Joetsu, Niigata, Japan. She made her professional debut at the age of 15 with the short comic Ai no Ai Shirushi, which was published in the December 2000 issue of Ribon Original, making her one of the youngest artists to debut professionally in the manga industry. Haruta has primarily worked with Shueisha, publishing her series in the monthly shōjo manga magazine Ribon.
Her body of work includes several manga series that have been serialized since the early 2000s. Her early series include Samurai Darling (2002), Itoshi no Goshujin-sama (2003), and Cactus's Secret, also known as Saboten no Himitsu (2004). She followed these with Love-Berrish! (2005), Chocolate Cosmos (2007), and Stardust Wink (2009). Her later works include Tsubasa to Hotaru, which was serialized from August 2013 to November 2017, and Love Letters Written in June, which ran in 2018.
Tsubasa to Hotaru is one of Haruta's most notable works as it received an anime adaptation. The manga was serialized in Ribon from the September 2013 issue to the December 2017 issue and was compiled into 11 bound volumes by Shueisha under the Ribon Mascot Comics imprint. The story follows Tsubasa Sonokawa, a high school student who becomes a manager for the boys' basketball team and discovers that the person who saved her when she fainted was not the upperclassman she initially believed, but a quiet teammate named Aki Hidaka. The anime adaptation was first screened at Ribon Festa 2014 as a 15-minute special, with Chiaki Kon directing and writing the adaptation and J.C.Staff handling animation production. Following this special, episodes were produced as short animated segments that aired on the children's variety show Oha Suta on TV Tokyo, with four episodes airing in March 2015 and three episodes airing in May 2016.
Haruta's artistic identity is rooted in the Ribon magazine tradition of romantic comedies aimed at young female readers. Her early work shows the influence of other Ribon artists from her generation, and she has been recognized for her ability to capture mood and emotion through facial expressions. Her career demonstrates the trajectory of a shōjo manga artist who rose through the magazine's mentorship and serialization system, debuting at an exceptionally young age and maintaining a consistent presence in Ribon for over fifteen years.
Her body of work includes several manga series that have been serialized since the early 2000s. Her early series include Samurai Darling (2002), Itoshi no Goshujin-sama (2003), and Cactus's Secret, also known as Saboten no Himitsu (2004). She followed these with Love-Berrish! (2005), Chocolate Cosmos (2007), and Stardust Wink (2009). Her later works include Tsubasa to Hotaru, which was serialized from August 2013 to November 2017, and Love Letters Written in June, which ran in 2018.
Tsubasa to Hotaru is one of Haruta's most notable works as it received an anime adaptation. The manga was serialized in Ribon from the September 2013 issue to the December 2017 issue and was compiled into 11 bound volumes by Shueisha under the Ribon Mascot Comics imprint. The story follows Tsubasa Sonokawa, a high school student who becomes a manager for the boys' basketball team and discovers that the person who saved her when she fainted was not the upperclassman she initially believed, but a quiet teammate named Aki Hidaka. The anime adaptation was first screened at Ribon Festa 2014 as a 15-minute special, with Chiaki Kon directing and writing the adaptation and J.C.Staff handling animation production. Following this special, episodes were produced as short animated segments that aired on the children's variety show Oha Suta on TV Tokyo, with four episodes airing in March 2015 and three episodes airing in May 2016.
Haruta's artistic identity is rooted in the Ribon magazine tradition of romantic comedies aimed at young female readers. Her early work shows the influence of other Ribon artists from her generation, and she has been recognized for her ability to capture mood and emotion through facial expressions. Her career demonstrates the trajectory of a shōjo manga artist who rose through the magazine's mentorship and serialization system, debuting at an exceptionally young age and maintaining a consistent presence in Ribon for over fifteen years.
Works
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