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Kan Takahama
Kan Takahama (April 6th, 1977 -) is a Japanese manga artist. She is from Amakusa City in the Kumamoto Prefecture. Graduated from the Fine Arts and Design course at Tsukuba University. Lived in Amakusa City and started living in Kumamoto City in 2019.

Since debuting, her works have received praise from the West and many have been translated to French.

Early Life & Career

 * Raised in Amakusa until she was 15.
 * Mont Saint-Michel won Kodansha Morning Weekly Manga’s Manga Open Award.
 * January 2001 – Won the Grand Prize in Garo Monthly Magazine.
 * 2004 – ‘Yellowbacks’ Won Best Short Story sponsored by American magazine The Comics Journal.
 * 2020 – ‘Nyx’s Lantern’ won the Grand Prize Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Manga
 * 2020 – Won a cultural award from West Japan Newspaper Company

Manga

 * Yellowbacks Short Stories
 * Awabi
 * Calm Crossings and other Short Stories
 * 2 Espressos
 * Yotsuya City, Hanazono Street
 * Traveling Butterfly
 * Nyx’s Lantern
 * SAD GiRL
 * Emma’s Dream of Stars
 * Lover L’mant
 * Ogi Island: Book of Seasons

Joint work

 * Mariko Pride

Film

 * Kokoro no Jidai: Religion and Life