Akira Himekawa

**Akira Himekawa** (Japanese: 姫川 明, *Himekawa Akira*) is a pen name of a duo of female manga artists.

## Biography

The manga duo made their debut in 1983 on Shogakukan's *Weekly Shonen Big Comic* magazine. The two are individually pen named **A Honda** (Japanese: 本田 A, *Honda Ee*) and **S Nagano** (Japanese: 長野 S, *Nagano Esu*). During the days of making original doujinshis, they were previously individually pen named **Akira Karitaka** (Japanese: 狩鷹 明, *Karitaka Akira*) and **Nui Ono** (Japanese: 小野 ぬい, *Ono Nui*).

Throughout their career, there has been numerous variations of their pen name depending on works. For original works not based on any existing properties, the duo use the pen name **Akira Himekawa** (Japanese: 姫川 明輝, *Himekawa Akira*). They sometimes use other variations of their pen name such as **ひめかわ 明** (Used during serialization of *Mini 4 Kids*), **姫川 AKIRA** and also the English words **Akira Himekawa**.

The duo is best known for the numerous manga adaptations of *The Legend of Zelda* games, since it started serialized on numerous magazine and website in 1999.

## List of works

### Individual works

* *LADY! Grunsa* (by S Nagano under the pen name Nui Ono) (Serialized on Tokugawa Shoten's *Monthly Shonen Captain* from February 18, 1985 to June 18, 1986. 3 volumes.)
* *Yuki Maboroshi* (by A Honda under the pen name Akira Karitaka) (Serialized on Rapport Publishing's *Manga Fanroad* in 1989. 1 volume.)
* *BANBA ~Yuki no Taichi~* (by S Nagano under the pen name Akira Himekawa-Nui Ono) (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Weekly Shonen Sunday S* in 1992. 1 volume.)
* *Kaiji* (by S Nagano under the pen name Akira Himekawa-Nui Ono) (Serialized on Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday S in 1993. 1 volume.)

### As duo

* *Hiuri* (Under the pen name Akira Karitaka + Nui Ono) (Serialized on fanbooks from 1987 to 1996, 5 volumes.)
	+ *Homura wa Kaze no Na no Gotoku* (Under the pen name Akira Karitaka + Nui Ono) (Spin-off of *Hiuri*. Serialized on fanbooks in 1991, 3 volumes.)
* *Taro no Daibouken* (Serialized on Petlive's *WAN* from 1993 to 1995)
* *Lup Gal* (Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's *Comic GENKI* and later *Comic NEWTYPE* from 1993 to 1995. 3 volumes.)
* *Legend of Crystania: First-time Adventurers* (Adaptation of *Legend of Crystania* series. Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's *Comic Gao!* from 1995 to 1996. 3 volumes.)
* *Alkimia* (Published by Rapport Publishing in 1995. 1 volume.)
* *Alkimia: Alchemist of Phantom Star* (Published on Mediawork's *Dengeki Comic Gao!* in 1996.)
* *Onboro Kingdom* (Serialized on Benesse's *Challenge Kid's 06* in 1997.)
* *Veil* (Story by Toyoo Ashida. Published on Mediawork's *Dengeki Comic Gao!* in 1997.)
* *Nazca* (Manga adaptation of the TV anime of the same name. Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's *A-DUSH* from 1997 to 1998)
* *Hikoma's Animal Cases* (Serialized on Benesse's *Challenge Kid's 04* from 1998 to 1999.)
* *Mini 4 Kids* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 2 and 3* from February 1998 to March 1999. 2 volumes.)
* *Ride On!* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Weekly Shonen Sunday S* in 1998.)
* *The Legend of Zelda* series (Manga adaptation of the video game series of the same name.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5 and 6* from 1999 to 2000. 2 volumes.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5 and 6* in 2000. 1 volume.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (Serialized on Shogakukan's Shogaku Year 5 and 6* in 2001, 1 volume.*)*
	+ *The Legend of Zelda:* *Oracle of Ages* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5 and 6* in 2001, 1 volume.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past* (Published on Shogakukan's *Nintendo Game Comic Special* in 2004. 1 volume.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2004. 2 volumes.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2005. 1 volume.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2008. 1 volume.)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword* (Included in *Hyrule Historia* book in 2011)
	+ *The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess* (Serialized on Shogakukan's MangaONE from February 8, 2016 to January 30, 2022. 11 volumes.)

* *Bokura no Tsubasa* (Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2002.)
* *Astro Boy* (Manga adaptation of the 2003 TV anime of the same name by the late Osamu Tezuka. Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5 and 6* and *Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic* from March to August 2003. 3 volumes.)
* *Yuana to Gin no Tsuki* (Serialized on *Asahi Shogakusei News* in 2003.)
	+ *Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Crazybull's Tear* (Serialized on *Asahi Shogakusei News* in 2003.)
	+ *Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Frank to Yuana* (Serialized on *Asahi Shogakusei News* in 2004.)
	+ *Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Oogami no Goku no Yuana* (Serialized on *Asahi Shogakusei News* in 2005.)
	+ *Yuana to Gin no Tsuki: Pasaoka no Oshogatsu* (Serialized on *Asahi Shogakusei News* in 2005.)
* *SUNSUN Sunday* (Published on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2005.)
* *Plu no Hitomi no Naka no Boku* (Published on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2005.)
* *Tenshi no Octave* (Published on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2005.)
* *Brave Story* (Manga adaptation of the anime movie of the same name. Serialized on Shogakukan's *Shogaku Year 5* in 2006.)
* *Gliding REKI* (Serialized on Kodansha's *Michao!* from 2006 to 2009. 2 volumes.)
* *Angel Nyan* (Published on Shogakukan's *Pucchikumi* in 2018.)
* *Blue Knight* (Based on *Astro Boy: Legend of the Blue Knight* by Osamu Tezuka. Serialized on Kadokawa Shoten's KeroKero Ace in 2009. 1 volume.)
* *Seton Doubutsu-ki* (Based on novels by Ernest Thompson Seton. Serialized on Shogakukan's *GAKUMANplus* since 2010. 2 volumes.)
* *Ryuu wa Tasogare no Yume wo Miru* (Serialized on Media Factory's *Monthly Comic Gene* from July 2011 to June 2012. 2 volumes.)
* *Doggy Maggy Doubutsu Gakuen* (Published by Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko from 2012 to 2017. 9 volumes.)
* *Taur City no Juunin* (Included in Bokura no Koi wa Kemonomichi! anthology book in 2013.)
* *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* (Adaptation of the TV cartoon of the same name. Serialized on Shogakukan's *Pucchikumi* from 2013 to 2014. 1 volumes.)
* *Big Inside* (Included in *Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker - The Manga* anthology in 2020 and based on the *Star Wars* franshise.)

### As illustrators

* *Mahoroba no Mon* (Novel. Story by Shinobu Kuwagawa. Published on Fujimi Shobo's *Fujimi Fantasy Bunko* in 1994. 1 volume.)
* *Babylon Ring* (Novel. Story by Hinowa Kouzuki. Published on Benesse's *Challenge Kid's* from September to December 1996.)
* Cross Zone (Novel. Story by Sara Yajima. Published on Benesse's *Afterschool Adventure* in 2003.)
* *Hamigaki Queen* (Novel. Story by Hiroko Reijou. Published on Benesse's *Challenge* in 2005.)
* *Chiisana Goku no Kyuseishu* (Under the pen name Himeaki. Novel, Story by Kazuyuki Takami. Published on MediaWork's *Dengeki Bunko* from 2006 to 2007.)
* *556 Labo* (Manga. Story by Yuichi Kimura. Serialized on Shogakukan's *Sho-Comi* in 2007. 2 volumes.)
* *Reset World* (Under the pen name Himeaki. Novel. Story by Kazuyuki Takami. Published on MediaWork's *Dengeki Bunko* in 2008. 3 volumes.)
* *Gold Ring* (Manga. Story by Qais Sedki. Published by Pageflip in 2010. 2 volumes.)
* *Aoi no Shugoshin* (Manga. Story by RYO. Published on Shueisha's Monthly Young Jump in 2010.)