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Shinichi Fukuda

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Shinichi Fukuda
Notable works
AwardsAce Newcomer Manga Awards Encouragement Award (2006)

Shinichi Fukuda (福田 晋一, Fukuda Shin'ichi) is a Japanese manga artist. After winning the 23rd Ace Newcomer Manga Awards Encouragement Award and creating the serialized manga Shibaraku [ja] (2009–?) and Momoiro Meloic [ja] (2012–2016), she later created My Dress-Up Darling (2018–2025).

Biography

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Fukuda created numerous one-shots for Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine, and in 2006, she won the Encouragement Award at the 23rd Ace Newcomer Manga Awards.[1] She also contributed to The Recital of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009)[2] and the Summer Wars Official Comic Anthology (2010).[3]

Fukuda made her serial debut with Shibaraku [ja], centered on a boy living in a dystopian world seeking revenge for the death of his mentor.[1] It premiered in Monthly Shōnen Ace's first 15th anniversary issue, released in October 2009,[4] and two tankobon volumes were released.[1] Abema Times remarked that its action sequences "give it a unique appeal".[1] From 2012 to 2016, she released another serialized manga, in this case in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King: Momoiro Meloic [ja], a romantic comedy about a love triangle involving a construction worker and her younger sister; Abema Times remarked that the work's character designs subsequently inspired My Dress-Up Darling.[1] In January 2015, she held her first autograph session at Tsutaya Sangenjaya, open to those who got tickets free with a purchase of Momoiro Meloic's volume 6.[5]

In January 2018, Fukuda launched her next serialized manga My Dress-Up Darling, a romantic comedy between a hina dollmaker and a gyaru.[6] It serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan until March 2025.[7] The manga subsequently rose to popularity, being ranked sixth in the 2019 Next Manga Award print manga category and sixteenth in the 2010 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!.[8][9]

In 2020, she was one of the co-recipients for the Men's Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2020", winning it for My Dress-Up Darling.[10] The work also received an anime television adaptation and a television drama adaptation,[11] as well as a manga spin-off titled My Dress-Up Darling XOXO!.[12] She recalled in an interview with Comic Natalie that she cried when she saw the first two episodes of the anime before they premiered; spending thirteen hours watching them repeatedly.[13]

Fukuda also designed the main visual for the manga's fifth anniversary exhibition, held at Matsuya Ginza in August 2023.[14] Her manga had surpassed 12 million copies in circulation by November 2024,[15] and by October 2025, it had reached 15 million.[16]

Several social media users who met Fukuda at autograph signings have confirmed that she is female, with one fan remarking that "she has such a cute voice that it sounds like she might be a voice actress".[1] Outside of autograph appearances, several fans had theorized she was female due to her accurate portrayals of feminine psychology and her delicate art style.[1]

Works

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "「その着せ替え人形は恋をする」作者・福田晋一氏とは?性別や顔出し、他の作品などを紹介". ANIME FREAKS (in Japanese). 25 August 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  2. "涼宮ハルヒの競演". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  3. "石黒正数・CLAMP「サマーウォーズ」ファン集結のアンソロ本". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  4. "エース15周年、ハルヒ付録を3号連続&怒涛の新連載攻勢". Comic Natalie. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  5. "妹に恋した兄描く「桃色メロイック」6巻で、福田晋一が初サイン会". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  6. "「桃色メロイック」の福田晋一、ひと癖あるギャル×和裁男子のラブコメをYGで". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  7. "着せ恋:7年の連載に幕 テレビアニメ、実写ドラマ化も話題の人気マンガ". Mantanweb (in Japanese). 21 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  8. 次にくるマンガ大賞2019、コミックス部門1位はねこクラゲ作画「薬屋のひとりごと」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (5 July 2019). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2020 Rankings". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. 電子コミック大賞2020の結果明らかに、大賞は「酒と恋には酔って然るべき」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. "福田 晋一". Mangapedia (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  12. "ちょぼらうにょぽみの「着せ恋」スピンオフがYGで、ぼっち高校生の寝取りラブコメも". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  13. "「その着せ替え人形は恋をする」作者・福田晋一の初インタビュー!アニメ化は「うれしくてうれしくて13時間観ました」 (2/2) - コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  14. "「着せ恋」連載5周年を記念した展覧会が8月開催、福田晋一描き下ろしのビジュアル公開". Comic Natalie. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  15. 「着せ恋」1200万部突破!14巻特装版にアクリルジオラマ、海夢が“平成ギャル”に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  16. Fukuda, Shinichi [@fukudashin1] (17 October 2025). 皆様のお陰で「その着せ替え人形は恋をする」が1500万部突破いたしました㊗️㊗️🎉 本当にありがとうございます!嬉しいです!凄い!やった〜! (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 October 2025 via X (formerly Twitter).

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