Akemi Matsuzaki
Akemi Matsuzaki (Japanese: まつざきあけみ, Hepburn: Matsuzaki Akemi; born April 22, 1954) is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo.[1] Her real name has the same pronunciation but is spelled 松崎明美, this spelling is mostly used for BL manga and work as an illustrator.
Life and career
When she was a child, she enjoyed reading magazines like Shōjo-tachi, Nakayoshi, Shōjo Friend and Ribon.[2] She liked to collect the supplement items that came in the magazine.[1]
Matsuzaki made her debut as a professional manga artist in the year 1970 in the magazine Margaret with the oneshot Lily (リリー, Ririi) after winning the newcomer prize of the magazine. She also worked in magazines of the publisher Kodansha and became an important contributor to the boys' love manga magazines Allan and June.[3]
In the 1980s and 1990s she worked in shōjo manga horror magazines Monthly Halloween, Prom Night, Horror M, Mystery DX and others. In recent times, she was mostly active in Bunkasha's josei manga magazine Manga Grimm Douwa and related anthologies.
Since July 2011 she runs a blog where she mostly shows vintage manga magazines from her collection and photos of her cats.[4][3] She has retired from drawing due to her poor eyesight.[5]
Style
The main characteristics of her works are bishōnen characters, homoeroticism and splatter. Matsuzaki's colored illustrations display soft shades likely influenced by Nihonga.
Illustrator and manga artist Sho Kitagawa (きたがわ翔) has stated on Twitter that he considers Akemi Matsuzaki, Yoshimi Uchida and Chiki Ōya are the big 3 of 70s shōjo artists when it comes to technique in analog art and that she has influenced his colored works.[6][7]
List of works
- Manga (by publisher)
- Shinshokan
- Shiroi Requiem
- Jules no Shiroi Bara
- Time Date
- Natsukusa no Moeru Koro
- Yoru Togizoshi
- Lycéen
- Ushio Shuppansha
- Yōsei Genpei-Ki 2 volumes
- Kadokawa
- Hito Mushi
- Magazine Magazine
- Love Game
- Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
- Hanako-san ga Iru
- Anoko ga Kowai
- Kamio Chuuseigidan
- Natsuyasumi wa Moukonai
- Himitsu no Hanazono
- Emile no Yousei Trump Furui
- Kyoufu Yawa
- Gakken
- Akage no Anne
- Maju: Devil Tree
- Ma no Koibito: Devil Lover
- Ma no Kao: Devil Face
- Usotsuki: Devil Liar
- Ijiwaru: Devil Spite
- Kyoufu Gekijou: Devil Theater
- Kodansha
- Gokigen？ Api
- Lycéen
- Garasu no Anjerian
- Asahi Sonorama
- Bunkasha
- Metamorphose
- Bloody Mary
- Shinin no Hana
- Shimaneki Ningyou
- Sangeki-hime
- Kaguya-hime
- Ningyou no Ie
- Nemureru Yoru no Bijo
- Inraku no Utage-Hen
- Rapunzel
- Rekishi wo Ugokashita Nyotei-tachi
- Himegimi no Zankoku Aizoushi
- Kin no Mayu Gin no Ito
- Dobusu Onna no Insan Renkatsu
- Tsukushi Busu no Azatoi Kon Katsu
- Gōyoku Azato Onna no Iki Jigoku
- Egao de Hito wo Uru Onna ~ Akai Kutsu ~
- Yabai Onna no Sutemi no Aisare-Jutsu
- Azatoi Kaedama Reijō no Hametsu
- Nihon Bungeisha
- Artbook
- Akemi Matsuzaki Artwork Collecion: Tales of the Night (まつざきあけみ画集 夜伽草子, Matsuzaki Akemi Gashū Yoru Togizōshi)
- Illustrations
- Eiyū Yume Katari
- Iris no Bohyou
- All of the covers of magazine Prom Night
- Cover of Avalon no Kiri
- Covers for Gekkan My Birthday
- In games
- Character designs in the PlayStation game Sekaiichi Tsuite Nai Onna Dotsubo-chan (世界一ツイてない女 どつぼちゃん)
References
- ^ a b "まつざきあけみのブログ". まつざきあけみのブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ "まつざきあけみのブログ". まつざきあけみのブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ a b Kálovics, Dalma. "The missing link of shōjo manga history: the changes in 60s shōjo manga as seen through the magazine Shūkan Margaret". Journal of Kyoto Seika University (44): 12.
- ^ Matsuzaki, Akemi (July 28, 2017). "まつざきあけみのブログ". Seesaa.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "まつざきあけみのブログ". まつざきあけみのブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-04-26.
- ^ Kitagawa, Sho. "きたがわ翔". Twitter.
- ^ Kitagawa, Sho. "きたがわ翔". Twitter.