Reiji Miyajima

Japanese manga artist

AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei
Rent-A-Girlfriend
The Shiunji Family Children

Reiji Miyajima (Japanese: 宮島礼吏, Hepburn: Miyajima Reiji) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his series AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei and Rent-A-Girlfriend.

Biography

Reiji Miyajima is a native of Nakano, Nagano. After graduating at a high school in Nakano, he began working as a manga artist in Tokyo.^[1] In October 2005, Miyajima received the Magazine Grand Prix Encouragement Award for his work Sakka no Tensai (サッカの天才).^[2] In the same year, he received an honorable mention at the 75th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award for his one-shot manga Pool no Saboten.^[3] In 2008, he published his second one-shot manga Icon in Magazine Special.^[4]

Miyajima started in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by illustrating the short-term series Suzuki no Shiten in 2009. The following year, he illustrated the series AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei, which is based on the Japanese idol group AKB48.^[5] In 2017, Miyajima started the manga series Rent-A-Girlfriend,^[6] which has performed well in Japan.^[7] It has since received an anime adaptation and a spin-off manga.^[8]^[9] Miyajima has previously worked as an assistant for the manga series Ace of Diamond.^[10]

Aside from his manga career, Miyajima has also handled the series composition for the anime series 22/7.^[11] He also wrote the original story for its manga adaptation, 22/7 +α, which was serialized in Sunday Webry.^[12]

Works

Manga

Serials

Suzuki no Shiten (鈴木の視点) (2009, written by Shigemitsu Harada; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[5]
AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei (AKB49〜恋愛禁止条例〜) (2010–2016, written by Motoazabu Factory; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[5]
Mononote: Edo Shinobi Kagyō [ja] (もののて～江戸忍稼業～) (2016–2017, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[13]
Rent-A-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします, Kanojo, Okarishimasu) (2017–present, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[6]
22/7 +α (2020, illustrated by Nao Kasai; serialized in Sunday Webry)^[12]
Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend (彼女、人見知ります, Kanojo, Hitomishirimasu) (2020–present, serialized in Magazine Pocket)^[9]
The Shiunji Family Children (紫雲寺家の子供たち, Shiunji-ke no Kodomo-tachi) (2022–present, serialized in Young Animal)^[14]

One-shots

Pool no Saboten (プールの仙人掌) (2005)^[3]
Icon (アイコン) (2008, published in Magazine Special)^[4]
Kanojo, Tensei Shimasu (彼女、転生します) (2020, published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[15]

Anime

22/7 (ナナブンノニジュウニ, Nanabun no Nijūni) (2020, series composition)^[11]

Video games

Hissatsu Shigotonin: Oshioki Collection (必殺仕事人～お仕置きコレクション～) (2013, illustrations)^[16]
22/7: Ongaku no Jikan (22/7 音楽の時間) (2020, ChouChou character drafts)^[17]

Others

AKB48 Bijutsukan (AKB48美術館) (2011, illustration of Not Yet; published in Magazine Special)^[18]

References

^ 累計発行部数1,000万部突破！人気マンガの作者は長野県出身作品の舞台裏などをインタビュー. Web Komachi (in Japanese). Nagano Komachi [ja]. March 23, 2023. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ 週刊少年マガジン2006年表示号数6. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b 『彼女、お借りします』の宮島礼吏が語る漫画作りの極意！（前編）【漫画家への花道】. Magazine Pocket (in Japanese). Kodansha. March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b 宮島礼吏. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c AKB48週マガでマンガ化、謎のメンバー加入で「AKB49」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 25, 2010. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b 「AKB49」宮島礼吏が描く、“レンタル”から始まるラブコメディ始動. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 12, 2017. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ 『彼女、お借りします』がアプリ化決定！ …って『七つの大罪』や『ネギま！』のあの子もレンタル可能!?. Dengeki Online (in Japanese). June 18, 2021. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ Loo, Egan (December 15, 2019). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Gets TV Anime in July". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 15, 2020). "Rent-A-Girlfriend Manga Gets Spinoff About Sumi". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ "Creator Interview: Reiji Miyajima on Rent-A-Girlfriend". Kodansha USA. June 3, 2020. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Sherman, Jennifer (September 20, 2019). "22/7 Idol Project's TV Anime Reveals Staff, Video, Visual". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b 「22/7」コミカライズがサンデーうぇぶりで開始、アニメの補完エピソード描く. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 12, 2020. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ 「AKB49」宮島礼吏の新連載は変わった手を持つ忍の時代活劇、マガジンで. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 26, 2022). "Rent-A-Girlfriend's Reiji Miyajima Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 15, 2020). "Rent-A-Girlfriend, Senryū Girl, Domestic Girlfriend, Boarding School Juliet, Fuuka Authors Pen 1-Shots". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ 「必殺仕事人～お仕置きコレクション～」に漫画家・宮島礼吏氏とのコラボカードが登場. 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). December 3, 2013. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
^ 【公式】22/7 音楽の時間 [@nanaon_official] (March 24, 2020). 【#ナナオン公式Twitter限定！】宮島礼吏さん（@Miyajimareiji）によるChouChou3名のラフデザインを特別公開！細かいこだわりが沢山散りばめられているようですね！「学院"最強"のアイドル」である彼女たちはどのように物語に関わってくるのでしょうか…？詳しくは⇒https://227-game.com/character/ (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ マガスペでFAIRY TAIL×RAVEコラボ、AKB48美術館も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 20, 2011. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.