Keiko Nishi

Keiko Nishi (西 炯子, Nishi Keiko, born December 26, 1966 in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki High School, she attended Tsuru University where she graduated with a degree in Japanese literature. While still attending Tsuru University, Nishi made her professional manga debut with her story Matte Iru yo in Shogakukan's manga magazine Petit Flower.

Nishi currently makes a living as an independent manga artist and a teacher. Her definitive works include Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin and Love Song. Matt Thorn described her in the mid-1990s as "one of the most popular and respected artists of her (twenty-something) generation."

Cover of Love Song.

• (Japanese) Love Song (October 1993, ISBN 4-09-172026-9, Shogakukan)

• Otoko no Isshō (2009–2012 (volumes))
• Ane no Kekkon (2010–2014)

Anthologies

• Four Shōjo Stories (February 1996, ISBN 1-56931-055-6, Viz Communications, two stories)

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