Risa Itō

Risa Itō 伊藤いとう理佐りさ
Born	(1969-09-06) 6 September 1969 Hara, Suwa, Nagano, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Hey Pitan! Oruchuban Ebichu
Awards	2005 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo - Oi Pītan!! 2006 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award - One Woman, Two Cats, Oi Piitan!!, and Onna no Mado

Risa Itō (Japanese: 伊藤いとう 理佐りさ, Hepburn: Itō Risa, born 6 September 1969), also romanized as Risa Itou, is a Japanese manga artist.

She was born in 1969 in Hara Town, Suwa District in Nagano Prefecture, the eldest of three sisters. She graduated from Suwa Futaba High School and studied Formative Fine Arts at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. She won the 2005 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Oi Pītan!! and the 2006 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award for One Woman, Two Cats, Oi Piitan!!, and Onna no Mado. Her manga Oruchuban Ebichu ("Ebichu Minds the House") was adapted by Gainax into an anime television series. Her latest work, Higepiyo (ヒゲぴよ), serialized in Chorus magazine, was also adapted into an anime.

Works

• Hey Pitan!
• One Woman, Two Cats
• Onna no Mado
• Oruchuban Ebichu
• Otonaninatta joshi tachie(オトナになった女子じょしたちへ)
• Okāsan no tobira
• Higepiyo
• Hiromi and Juliet
• paradise of Devils(悪魔あくまの楽園らくえん)
• On'nano mado(おんなの窓まど The Woman's window)
• Myorei one isan michi(おかあさんの扉とびら)
• Oikurotan(おいクロタン)
• Jiehun nibang(結婚けっこん泥棒どろぼう)
• Kyomoyi tenki(今日きょうもいい天気てんき)
• Binetsuna banana(微熱びねつなバナナ)
• Kofukuno susume(幸福こうふくのススメ)
• Sakadachi yurei(逆立さかだち幽霊ゆうれい The Standing ghost)
• Momochin'(モモちん)
• Fissatsu! OL hikotohito(必殺ひっさつ!OL非ひ事こと人じん)
• Mikkusurisa
• Yatchimatta yo ikkodate!!

Laureates

• 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2006)

External links

• Official Web Site (in Japanese)
• Risa Itō at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page