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Kouji Miura

Kouji Miura (三浦 糀, Miura Kōji, born 28 March 1995) is a Japanese manga artist best known for the I Love You, My Teacher and Blue Box manga series. She won a special honorable mention for new artists at the 90th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards in 2013, and a second honorable mention at the 91st Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards that same year. In 2017, her one-shot of I Love You, My Teacher won the Magazine Pocket One-Shot award. Her one-shot Parasol Alliance won the Garyokin Pro Drawing King Award in 2019, and Blue Box won the Global Prize at the 2021 Next Manga Awards.

Kouji Miura
三浦 糀
Born (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known for

She has used Satoshi Yūki and Amami as pseudonyms during her manga career.

Biography

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Kouji Miura was born on 28 March 1995.[1] She graduated from the Department of Arts and Culture at Musashino Art University.[2] Her debut work was the one-shot manga Yoku to (よくと) under the pseudonym Satoshi Yūki (結城智史, Yūki Satoshi). It won a Newcomers Special Honorable Mention at the 90th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards. Her second one-shot manga, thirst, won an Honorable Mention at the 91st Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards.[3] It was subsequently released in the January 2014 issue of Magazine Special.

Her first serialized story, Aozora Rubber (青空ラバー, Aozora Rabā), ran from 2015 to 2016 on the mobile manga app Manga Box.[4][5] A one-shot version of I Love You, My Teacher won a contest on the Magazine Pocket web comics site, where it was published on January 25, 2017.[6] It was subsequently published in the print manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2017 issue 25 where it was popular with readers, who called it "cute and erotic".[6][7][8] Because of that positive reader response, Teacher was serialized from issue 4/5 to issue 28 of Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[7] It moved to Magazine Pocket beginning 4 July 2018 before finishing its run on 29 August with a total of 33 chapters.

Miura received the Drawing King Gold Award from Shueisha for the one-shot Parasol Alliance, which was published in the Spring 2020 issue of Jump Giga.[9] The romantic comedy Blue Box began serialization in issue 2021 #19 of Weekly Shōnen Jump, where it is currently running. It won the Global Prize at the 2021 Next Manga Awards, where it also placed 8th overall in the Best Print Manga category.[10][11][12] Viz Media is releasing the series in print and digitally English in North America.[13][14]

Bibliography

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Works are listed in order of publication.

  • Yoku to (よくと) (one-shot under Satoshi Yūki, won a Newcomers Special Honorable Mention at the 90th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards)
  • thirst (one-shot under Yūki Satoshi, won an Honorable Mention at the 91st Weekly Shōnen Magazine Awards)
  • Aozora Rubber (青空ラバー, Aozora Rabā) (2015–2016, first serialized story, 2 volumes, Manga Box)
  • I Love You, My Teacher (先生、好きです。, Sensei, Suki Desu) (2017–2018, 4 volumes, Weekly Shōnen Magazine and the Magazine Pocket website)
  • Haru's Repayment (ハルの恩返し, Haru no Ongaeshi) (one-shot, 2019 #52 issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
  • Parasol Alliance (ぱらそる同盟, Parasoru Dōmei) (one-shot under the pseudonym Amami (あまみ), spring 2020 issue of Jump Giga)
  • Blue Box (2021–present, Weekly Shōnen Jump)

Reception

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Readers of the 2017 one-shot of I Love You, My Teacher described the work as "cute and erotic", and it was popular enough that it begin serialization in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2018.[6][7] Comic Book Resources described Miura's art work on Blue Box as "beautifully drawn, at times resembling a shojo manga more than a typical shonen [manga]".[15] The Daily Star praised her use of romantic tropes in Blue Box—stating she handled them "in a more realistic and grounded way" than many other series—and her "clean and realistic art style" and "careful accuracy and attention-to-detail". However, they criticized how she handled the secondary sports, stating they "aren't nearly as fleshed out".[16]

Awards and recognition

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Miura has received the following accolades and recognition:

Year Organization Award title,
Category 		Work Result Refs
2013 Weekly Shōnen Magazine 90th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award Yoku to Special Honorable Mention
91st Weekly Shōnen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award thirst Honorable Mention [3]
2017 Kodansha Magazine Pocket One-Shot I Love You, My Teacher Won [6]
2019 Shueisha 4th Garyokin Pro,
Drawing King Gold 		Parasol Alliance Won [9]
2021 Da Vinci / Niconico Next Manga Award,
Best Print Manga 		Blue Box 8 [10][11][12]
Next Manga Award,
Global Prize 		Won [11][12]

References

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  1. ^ 三浦 糀 [@Amzk0303] (28 March 2022). たまたま千夏誕生日回ですが、本日作者も誕生日迎えましたー！ [It just so happens that it's Chinatsu's birthday, but today is also the author's birthday!] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ 三浦糀さんが『青空ラバー』（1）を出版 [Ms. Kouji Miura publishes Aozora Rubber 1] (in Japanese). Musashino Art University. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b 【先生、好きです。】三浦糀 新人賞作品 [I Love You, My Teacher Kouji Miura - Newcomer Award Work] (in Japanese). Weekly Shōnen Magazine. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ 『青空ラバー（１）』（三浦糀）製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス ["Aozora Rubber 1" (Kouji Miura) product details - Kodansha Comics Plus]. Kodansha Comic Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ 『青空ラバー（２）＜完＞』（三浦糀）製品詳細 講談社コミックプラス ["Aozora Rubber 2" (Kouji Miura) product details - Kodansha Comics Plus]. Kodansha Comic Plus (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d コミックナタリー編集部 (17 May 2017). 投票結果で連載に！マガジンで読者参加型読み切り、今号はフィギュアスケートもの [Serialization voting results are in! Magazine readers have finished and this issue is figure skating] (in Japanese). Natalie. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b c 「マガジン」25号の読み切り『先生、好きです。』に反響続々！ JKと教師のエロキュンストーリー [Magazine #25 one-shot "I Love You, My Teacher" has positive reactions again! An erotic and cute high school girl and teacher story] (in Japanese). Da Vinci. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ コミックナタリー編集部 (27 December 2017). ド直球JKが童貞高校教師に猛アタック「先生、好きです。」週マガで連載化 [Fastball high school girl makes an energetic attempt on a virgin high school teacher in "I Love You, My Teacher", serializing in Weekly Magazine] (in Japanese). Natalie. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b ストキンPro＆ガリョキンPro [Stokin Pro & Garyokin Pro] (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b Loveridge, Lynzee (June 21, 2021). "Voting Opens for Tsugi ni Kuru Manga 2021 Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Loveridge, Lynzee (August 24, 2021). "Kaiju No. 8, Oshi no Ko Win Next Manga Awards Web, Print Categories". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ^ a b c 「次にくるマンガ大賞2021」ノミネート作品発表 ウマ娘、【推しの子】、葬送のフリーレンなど話題作続々 [Announcement of nominated works for "Next Manga Award 2021" including Uma Musume, Oshi no Ko, Frieren, etc.] (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. June 18, 2021. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  13. ^ Donohoo, Timothy (May 2, 2021). "Blue Box Is Shonen Jump's Latest Bad(minton) Romance". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  14. ^ Mateo, Alex (February 15, 2022). "Viz Announces Fall 2022 Book Releases Including Mission: Yozakura Family, Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Manga, Jujutsu Kaisen Novels". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  15. ^ Gramuglia, Anthony (18 June 2021). "Shonen Jump's 5 Newest Manga, Ranked". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  16. ^ Siddiquee, Ayaan Shams (15 September 2022). "Why Blue Box is a hidden gem among romance manga". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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