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Edition 20 (2020) grand prize
Posuka Demizu
でみず ぽすか
Demizu Posuka
Pen Names:
Demizu Asuka（Used at debut / for some early works）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1988-01-17 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resides in Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- manga artist, illustrator
- Active Years
- 2008-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 62nd Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award (Children's Division) Honorable Mention | Kaen no Ryū Kagerou | 児童部門 | Shogakukan | 佳作 |
| 2012 | Glico Pocky Creators (Illustration) Excellence Award | — | イラスト部門 | Glico | 優秀賞 |
| 2016 | Mando Kobayashi Manga Award — Promising New Serialization | The Promised Neverland | 期待の新連載賞 | Mando Kobayashi | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Next Manga Awards (Comics) 2nd Place | The Promised Neverland | コミックス部門 | Next Manga Awards | 2位 |
| 2017 | Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2018 (Men's Edition) 1st Place | The Promised Neverland | ランキング | Takarajimasha (Kono Manga ga Sugoi!) | 1位 |
| 2017 | 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award | The Promised Neverland | — | Shogakukan | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Manga Shinbun Award — Grand Prize | The Promised Neverland | — | Manga Shinbun | 大賞 |
| 2018 | Mando Kobayashi Manga Award — Grand Prix | The Promised Neverland | — | Mando Kobayashi | グランプリ |
62nd Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award (Children's Division) Honorable Mention
2008
Work:
Kaen no Ryū Kagerou
Category:
児童部門
Organization:
Shogakukan
Result:
佳作
Glico Pocky Creators (Illustration) Excellence Award
2012
Category:
イラスト部門
Organization:
Glico
Result:
優秀賞
Mando Kobayashi Manga Award — Promising New Serialization
2016
Work:
The Promised Neverland
Category:
期待の新連載賞
Organization:
Mando Kobayashi
Result:
受賞
Next Manga Awards (Comics) 2nd Place
2017
Work:
The Promised Neverland
Category:
コミックス部門
Organization:
Next Manga Awards
Result:
2位
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2018 (Men's Edition) 1st Place
2017
Work:
The Promised Neverland
Category:
ランキング
Organization:
Takarajimasha (Kono Manga ga Sugoi!)
Result:
1位
63rd Shogakukan Manga Award
2017
Work:
The Promised Neverland
Organization:
Shogakukan
Result:
受賞
Manga Shinbun Award — Grand Prize
2017
Work:
The Promised Neverland
Organization:
Manga Shinbun
Result:
大賞
Mando Kobayashi Manga Award — Grand Prix
2018
Work:
The Promised Neverland
Organization:
Mando Kobayashi
Result:
グランプリ
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Promised Neverland
2016 Shōnen mangaA suspenseful adventure set in an orphanage where children discover the truth about the outside world and plan an escape. Demizu served as the illustrator, with Kaiu Shirai as writer.
orphansescapesuspensefamily
Poppy's Wish
2016 one-shot mangaA one-shot illustrated by Demizu, original story by Kaiu Shirai.
short storyhuman drama
BEYBLADE X (illustrator)
2023 serial mangaA serialization in CoroCoro Comic written by Homura Kawamoto and Hikaru Takeno with Demizu as the artist.
actiontoy tie-in
Bibliography
- Saikyo Hamster! Mameta (one-shot, 2009)
- Kaen no Ryū Kagerou (Honorable Mention, 62nd Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award, 2008)
- The Promised Neverland (serialization, 2016-2020)
- Posuka Demizu Artbook Poon (artbook, 2016)
- Poppy's Wish (one-shot, 2016)
- BEYBLADE X (serialization, 2023-)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- delicate, aesthetically focused line artexpressive character facial depictionfantastical and detailed background rendering
- Recurring Motifs
- orphans and family bondsescape and survivaldramas probing human nature
Legacy
Posuka Demizu is highly regarded for delicate and striking artwork across commercial manga and illustration. Her flagship work, The Promised Neverland, gained wide recognition domestically and internationally and received multiple awards.
In Popular Culture
- Participation in The Promised Neverland exhibition with newly drawn works and related events
Trivia
- Used the pen name "出水あすか (Demizu Asuka)" in early career.
- Published the artbook "Posuka Demizu Artbook Poon" in 2016.
- Appointed official supporter of the illustration contest platform GENSEKI in 2022.
- Resides in Tokyo; real name and educational background are not publicly disclosed.