Keiko Nishi

Keiko Nishi (西 炯子) is a Japanese manga artist born on 1966-12-26 in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Ibusuki High School, she attended Tsuru University where she graduated with a degree in Japanese literature. While still attending Tsuru University, Nishi made her professional manga debut with her story Matte Iru yo in Shogakukan's manga magazine Petit Flower.

Nishi currently makes a living as an independent manga artist and a teacher. Her definitive works include Sanban-chō Hagiwara-ya no Bijin and Love Song. Matt Thorn described her in the mid-1990s as "one of the most popular and respected artists of her (twenty-something) generation."

Works

 * Love Song (October 1993, ISBN 4091720269, Shogakukan)
 * Love Song (1998-04-05, ISBN 1569312559, Viz Communications)

Anthologies

 * Four Shōjo Stories (February 1996, ISBN 1-56931-055-6, Viz Communications, two stories)

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