MIZUKI Kyoko

Japanese Name: 名木田恵子

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Female

Information for Authors: Kyoko Mizuki (水木杏子) is one of the pen names of Keiko Nagita. She has also written under the name Akane Kouda. She is a Japanese writer who is best-known for being the author of the manga and anime series Candy Candy. Writing under the name, Kyoko Mizuki, she has won Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shōjo Manga for Candy Candy in 1977 with Yumiko Igarashi. Under the name, Keiko Nagita, she won the Japan Juvenile Writers Association Prize for Rainette, Kin Iro no Ringo (Rainette - The Golden Apples) in 2007. Her short story Akai Mi Haziketa is printed in Japanese Primary School Textbook for 6th grade (Mitsumura Tosho Publishing Co.,Ltd.). Her picture books Shampoo Ōji series (art by Kubota Makoto) was adapted into anime television series in October 2007.