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Aka Akasaka (赤坂 アカ, Akasaka Aka, born August 29, 1988) is a Japanese manga artist and writer best known for his series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Oshi no Ko. Biography Akasaka contributed to the background assets of the visual novel video game Wonderful Everyday, released in Japan in 2010. His series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War was serialized in Shueisha's Miracle Jump between May 2015 and January 2016, and was then transferred to Weekly Young Jump starting from March 2016. It was the 9th best selling manga in Japan in 2019, with over 4 million copies sold. In 2020, he won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category with the manga. Starting from April 2020, his work Oshi no Ko, which is illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari, is serialized in Weekly Young Jump and is his second active series on the magazine at the same time. In August 2021, Oshi no Ko won the Next Manga Award in the print category.Following the end of Kaguya-sama, Akasaka announced on November 3, 2022, that he would retire from drawing manga to instead focus on writing. Works Manga Sayonara Piano Sonata (さよならピアノソナタ) (2011–2012, story by Hikaru Sugii, character design by Ryō Ueda) Ib: Instant Bullet (ib -インスタントバレット-) (2013–2015) Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (かぐや様は告らせたい ~天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦~) (2015–2022) Oshi no Ko (【推しの子】) (2020–present, illustrated by Mengo Yokoyari) Ren'ai Daikō (恋愛代行) (2023–present, illustrated by Nishizawa 5mm)Video games Wonderful Everyday (background assets)Awards and nominations References Further reading Aka Akasaka (February 16, 2020). "Wielding emotions to create a story: "Kaguya-sama Wants to Be Confessed To" author Aka Akasaka shares his strategy for writing manga". Guya.moe (Interview). Interviewed by Daisuke Okamoto. Translation by Kaguya-sama Discord. Retrieved July 8, 2020. based on Aka Akasaka (January 30, 2020). "感情を操り、物語を創る。『かぐや様は告らせたい』赤坂アカが考える"戦略的"漫画論" [Manipulate emotions and create stories. "Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai" Akasaka's "strategic" comic theory]. Livedoor News (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Daisuke Okamoto. Retrieved July 8, 2020.External links Aka Akasaka on Twitter (in Japanese). Discover the Aka Akasaka popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Aka Akasaka books.

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  • Oshi No Ko, Vol. 3 synopsis, comments

    Oshi No Ko, Vol. 3

    By Aka Akasaka

    In show business, lies are a weapon." Gorou is an obgyn with a life far removed from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industrythe world of his favorite idol, rising star ...

  • Oshi No Ko, Vol. 1 synopsis, comments

    Oshi No Ko, Vol. 1

    By Aka Akasaka

    "In show business, lies are a weapon." Gorou is an obgyn with a life far removed from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industrythe world of his favorite idol, rising star...

  • Oshi No Ko, Vol. 2 synopsis, comments

    Oshi No Ko, Vol. 2

    By Aka Akasaka

    "In show business, lies are a weapon." Gorou is an obgyn with a life far removed from the glitz and glamour of the entertainment industrythe world of his favorite idol, rising star...