Shiki Kawabata

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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 Shūeisha
2013 クライムクライム hard luck woman Shūeisha
2013–2014 青に光芒 Shūeisha
2014 眠る街のふたり Shūeisha
2014–2015 宇宙（そら）を駆けるよだか Shūeisha
2016–2017 箱庭のソレイユ Shūeisha
2018 – 僕のオリオン Shūeisha
2018 – 世界で一番早い春 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. ^ Jump up to: a b '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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