influenced birth_place pseudonym nationality notableworks birth_date period genre article_title name occupation
lucy maud montgomery tokyo , japan keiko -rrb- , ayako kazu -lrb- 加津 綾子 '' kazu ayako nagita '' -rrb- , akane kouda -lrb- 香田 あかね '' kouda -lrb- akane '' -rrb- , kyoko mizuki -lrb- 水木 杏子 '' 名木田 mizuki kyōko '' -rrb- 恵子 '' nagita keiko '' japan '' candy candy '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- 28 november 1949 1968 - present romance , fantasy , juvenile kyoko mizuki
 kyoko mizuki novelist lyricist , manga writer , poet , essayist ,
kyoko mizuki

kyoko mizuki won the kodansha manga award for best shōjo manga for `` candy candy '' in 1977 with yumiko igarashi .
keiko nagita won the japan juvenile writers association prize for `` rainette , kin iro no ringo '' -lrb- rainette - the golden apples -rrb- in 2007 .
her short story `` akai mi haziketa '' is printed in japanese primary school textbook for 6th grade -lrb- `` mitsumura tosho '' publishing co. , ltd. -rrb- .
her picture book `` shampoo Ōji '' series -lrb- art by makoto kubota -rrb- was adapted into an anime television series in october 2007 .
