Shiki Kawabata

Shiki Kawabata (Kanji: 川端 志 季; Kawabata Shiki b. in Tokyo, Japan)[1] is a Japanese writer specializing in manga.

She debuted as a mangaka in 2012 with 08:05 no Hengao-san, a short story published in a supplement of the magazine Bessatsu Margaret.[2] Her works are framed within the shōjo genre, which is mainly aimed at a young female audience. Her first series, which started in October 2014, was voted fifth best shōjo of 2015 in Japan.[2][3]

One of her most well known works is Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka (宇宙〈そら〉を駆けるよだか), first published, in serial format, in Bessatsu Margaret during 2014–2015; later compiled into three volumes by Shueisha.[4] As a result of the success of this work, in 2018 the media service provider Netflix produced an adaptation of Kawabata's manga in the form of a six-part live action miniseries under the title Switched,[5] premiering on 1 August, about a teen whose 'world is turned upside down when a peer robs her of her body, her boyfriend and her identity'.[6]

Works

Manga
Publication date Title Romaji Publisher
2012 08:05の変顔さん 08:05 no Hengao-san Shūeisha
2013 クライムクライム hard luck woman Crime Crime: Hard Luck Woman Shūeisha
2013–2014 青に光芒 Ao ni Koubou Shūeisha
2014 眠る街のふたり Nemuru Machi no Futari Shūeisha
2014–2015 宇宙（そら）を駆けるよだか Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka Shūeisha
2016–2017 箱庭のソレイユ Hakoniwa no Soleil Shūeisha
2018 – 僕のオリオン Boku no Orion Shūeisha
2018 – 世界で一番早い春 Sekai de ichiban hayai haru Kōdansha

Adaptations
  • Switched (2018): miniseries based on Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka, produced and distributed by Netflix.

References
  1. '別 冊 マ ー ガ レ ッ ト 作家 プ ロ フ ィ ー ル カ 行 の 先生' (22/08/15) on Betsuma
  2. 'Kawabata Shiki' (n.d.) on Éditions Akata
  3. 'Eclipse Red – Volume 1: 01' (n.d.) on Goodreads
  4. Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka' to be adapted into a live-action series by Netflix' (n.d.) on aramajapan
  5. 'Switched' (n.d.) on Netflix]
  6. 'Switched' (n.d.) on Rotten Tomatoes



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