Reiji Miyajima
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| Reiji Miyajima 宮島 礼吏 | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1985 Nakano, Nagano, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area | Manga artist |
Notable works | |
Reiji Miyajima (Japanese: 宮島 礼吏, Hepburn: Miyajima Reiji; born December 15, 1985) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his series AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei, Rent-A-Girlfriend and The Shiunji Family Children.
Reiji Miyajima was born in Nakano, Nagano, on December 15, 1985.[1][2] After graduating at a high school in Nakano, he began working as a manga artist in Tokyo.[3] In October 2005, Miyajima received the Magazine Grand Prix Encouragement Award for his work Sakka no Tensai (サッカの天才).[4] In the same year, he received an honorable mention at the 75th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award for his one-shot manga Pool no Saboten.[5] In 2008, he published his second one-shot manga Icon in Magazine Special.[6]
Miyajima started in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by illustrating the short-term series Suzuki no Shiten in 2009. The following year, he illustrated the series AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei, which is based on the Japanese idol group AKB48.[7] In 2017, Miyajima started the manga series Rent-A-Girlfriend,[8] which has performed well in Japan.[9] It has since received an anime adaptation and a spin-off manga.[10][11] Miyajima has previously worked as an assistant for the manga series Ace of Diamond.[12]
Aside from his manga career, Miyajima has also handled the series composition for the anime series 22/7.[13] He also wrote the original story for its manga adaptation, 22/7 +α, which was serialized in Sunday Webry.[14]
