Shinichi Fukuda

Not to be confused with Shin-Ichi Fukuda.
Shinichi Fukuda
Notable works
AwardsAce Newcomer Manga Awards Encouragement Award (2006)

Shinichi Fukuda (福田 晋一, Fukuda Shin'ichi) is a Japanese manga artist. After winning the 23rd Ace Newcomer Manga Awards Encouragement Award and creating the serialized manga Shibaraku  (2009–?) and Momoiro Meloic  (2012–2016), she later created My Dress-Up Darling (2018–2025).

Biography

Fukuda created numerous one-shots for Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine, and in 2006, she won the Encouragement Award at the 23rd Ace Newcomer Manga Awards.[1] She also contributed to The Recital of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009)[2] and the Summer Wars Official Comic Anthology (2010).[3]

Fukuda made her serial debut with Shibaraku , centered on a boy living in a dystopian world seeking revenge for the death of his mentor.[1] It premiered in Monthly Shōnen Ace's first 15th anniversary issue, released in October 2009,[4] and two tankobon volumes were released.[1] Abema Times remarked that its action sequences "give it a unique appeal".[1] From 2012 to 2016, she released another serialized manga, in this case in Shōnen Gahōsha's Young King: Momoiro Meloic , a romantic comedy about a love triangle involving a construction worker and her younger sister; Abema Times remarked that the work's character designs subsequently inspired My Dress-Up Darling.[1] In January 2015, she held her first autograph session at Tsutaya Sangenjaya, open to those who got tickets free with a purchase of Momoiro Meloic's volume 6.[5]

In January 2018, Fukuda launched her next serialized manga My Dress-Up Darling, a romantic comedy between a hina dollmaker and a gyaru.[6] It serialized in Square Enix's Young Gangan until March 2025.[7] The manga subsequently rose to popularity, being ranked sixth in the 2019 Next Manga Award print manga category and sixteenth in the 2010 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!.[8][9] In 2020, she was one of the co-recipients for the Men's Comic Prize at NTT Solmare's "Minna ga Erabu!! Denshi Comic Taishō 2020", winning it for My Dress-Up Darling.[10] The work also received an anime television adaptation and a television drama adaptation,[11] as well as a manga spin-off titled My Dress-Up Darling XOXO!.[12] She recalled in an interview with Comic Natalie that she cried when she saw the first two episodes of the anime before they premiered; spending thirteen hours watching them repeatedly.[13]

Fukuda also designed the main visual for the manga's fifth anniversary exhibition, held at Matsuya Ginza in August 2023.[14] Her manga had surpassed 12 million copies in circulation by November 2024,[15] and by October 2025, it had reached 15 million.[16]

Several social media users who met Fukuda at autograph signings have confirmed that she is female, with one fan remarking that "she has such a cute voice that it sounds like she might be a voice actress".[1] Outside of autograph appearances, several fans had theorized she was female due to her accurate portrayals of feminine psychology and her delicate art style.[1]

Works

References

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  2. ^ "涼宮ハルヒの競演". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  3. ^ "石黒正数・CLAMP「サマーウォーズ」ファン集結のアンソロ本". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  4. ^ "エース15周年、ハルヒ付録を3号連続＆怒涛の新連載攻勢". Comic Natalie. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  5. ^ "妹に恋した兄描く「桃色メロイック」6巻で、福田晋一が初サイン会". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  6. ^ "「桃色メロイック」の福田晋一、ひと癖あるギャル×和裁男子のラブコメをYGで". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  7. ^ "着せ恋：7年の連載に幕 テレビアニメ、実写ドラマ化も話題の人気マンガ". Mantanweb (in Japanese). 21 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  8. ^ 次にくるマンガ大賞2019、コミックス部門1位はねこクラゲ作画「薬屋のひとりごと」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  9. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (5 July 2019). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2020 Rankings". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. ^ 電子コミック大賞2020の結果明らかに、大賞は「酒と恋には酔って然るべき」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ "福田 晋一". Mangapedia (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  12. ^ "ちょぼらうにょぽみの「着せ恋」スピンオフがYGで、ぼっち高校生の寝取りラブコメも". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  13. ^ "「その着せ替え人形は恋をする」作者・福田晋一の初インタビュー！アニメ化は「うれしくてうれしくて13時間観ました」 (2/2) - コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  14. ^ "「着せ恋」連載5周年を記念した展覧会が8月開催、福田晋一描き下ろしのビジュアル公開". Comic Natalie. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  15. ^ 「着せ恋」1200万部突破！14巻特装版にアクリルジオラマ、海夢が“平成ギャル”に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  16. ^ Fukuda, Shinichi [@fukudashin1] (17 October 2025). 皆様のお陰で「その着せ替え人形は恋をする」が1500万部突破いたしました㊗️㊗️🎉 本当にありがとうございます！嬉しいです！凄い！やった〜！ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 October 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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