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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}{{About||the chess player|Hikaru Nakamura}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| name          = Hikaru Nakamura
| name_nonEN    = 中村 光
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| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1984|04|21|}}
| birth_place   = [[Shizuoka Prefecture]], Japan
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| area          = [[Manga artist]]
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| notable works = {{unbulleted list|''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]''|''[[Saint Young Men]]''}}
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| awards        = [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] (2009)
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| children      = 1
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{{Nihongo|'''Hikaru Nakamura'''|中村 光|Nakamura Hikaru|born April 21, 1984, in [[Shizuoka Prefecture]]}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]].<ref name="Morning Profile">{{cite web |script-title=ja:中村 光 |url=https://morning.kodansha.co.jp/a/nakamurahikaru.html |website=[[Morning (magazine)|Morning]] |publisher=[[Kodansha]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |language=ja}}</ref> She debuted in 2001 with the short story {{Nihongo||海里の陶|Kairi no Sue}}, published in ''[[Gangan Comics#Monthly Gangan Wing (1996–2009)|Monthly Gangan Wing]]''.<ref name="Morning Profile" /> She is best known as the creator of the [[manga]] series ''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]'' and ''[[Saint Young Men]]'', the latter of which won a [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] in 2009.<ref name="Tezuka Prize" /> A ''Nikkei Entertainment'' magazine article  published in August 2011 listed her ninth overall among the top 50 manga creators by sales since 2010, with 5.54 million copies sold.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-05/top-50-manga-creators-by-sales-since-2010 | last1=Loo | first1=Egan | title=Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010 | work=[[Anime News Network]] | date=August 5, 2011 | access-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref> Her artwork has also been featured in two manga exhibitions at the [[British Museum]] in London, England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Read the essay: 'Hikaru Nakamura's ''Saint Young Men'' Power'—Volume 1 on sale now |url=https://kodansha.us/2019/04/22/read-essay-hikaru-nakamura-saint-young-men-power/ |website=[[Kodansha USA]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=April 22, 2019}}</ref> Nakamura gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:声優の神谷浩史 ラジオで結婚報道に言及「報告のタイミングを逸した」 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2016/07/17/kiji/K20160716012981000.html |website=Sponichi Annex |publisher=[[Sports Nippon|Sports Nippon Newspapers]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |language=ja |date=July 17, 2016}}</ref>

==Works==
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2021}}
* {{Nihongo|''[[Arakawa Under the Bridge]]''|荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ|Arakawa Andā za Burijji}}, serialized in ''[[Gangan Comics#Young Gangan (since 2004)|Young Gangan]]'' (2004–2015)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=''Saint Young Men''{{'}}s Nakamura Ends ''Arakawa Under the Bridge'' Manga in July |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-04/saint-young-men-nakamura-ends-arakawa-under-the-bridge-manga-in-july/.88891 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
* {{Nihongo|''[[Saint Young Men]]''|聖☆おにいさん|Seinto Onīsan}}, serialized in ''[[Morning (magazine)|Monthly Morning Two]]'' (2006–present)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Kodansha USA Publishes ''Saint Young Men'' Manga Digitally |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-04/kodansha-usa-publishes-saint-young-men-manga-digitally/.145420 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>
* {{Nihongo|''[[Juni Taisen: Zodiac War]]''|十二大戦|Jūni Taisen}}, illustration only, serialized in ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' (2015)
* {{Nihongo|''[[Black Night Parade]]''|ブラックナイトパレード|Burakku Naito Parēdo}}, serialized in ''[[Weekly Young Jump]]'' (2016–2019) and ''[[Ultra Jump]]'' (2019–present)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Piselli |first1=Justin |title=''Arakawa Under the Bridge''{{'}}s Nakamura Starts New Manga About Dark Santa |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-26/arakawa-under-the-bridge-nakamura-starts-new-manga-about-dark-santa/.108130 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=October 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|title=Hikaru Nakamura's Black Night Parade Manga Gets Live-Action Film Starring Ryō Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-01/hikaru-nakamura-black-night-parade-manga-gets-live-action-film-starring-ryo-yoshizawa-kanna-/.188275|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 2, 2022|date=August 1, 2022}}</ref>

==Awards==
{{Awards table|4|caption=List of Hikaru Nakamura's awards and nominations}}
|-
! scope="row" | 2008
| ''[[Saint Young Men]]''
| Jury Selections
| [[Japan Media Arts Festival Awards]], Manga Division 
| {{longlisted}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=''Tsumiki no Ie'', ''Piano Forest'', ''Kaiba'' Win Media Arts Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-10/tsumiki-no-ie-piano-forest-kaiba-win-media-arts-awards |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=December 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=12th (2008) Japan Media Arts Festival: Manga Division: Jury Selections |url=http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2008/manga/#selections |website=Japan Media Arts Festival Archive |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''Saint Young Men''
| Male Readers
| {{transliteration|ja|[[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]}}
| {{won}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:注目映画紹介：「聖☆おにいさん」 イエスとブッダが“奇跡”的な笑いを繰り広げる |url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20130511dog00m200012000c.html |website=Mantan Web |publisher=[[The Mainichi Newspapers Co.]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |language=ja |date=May 11, 2013}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''Saint Young Men''
| {{sdash}}
| [[Manga Taishō]]
| {{nom}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Yuki Suetsugu's ''Chihayafuru'' Wins 2nd Manga Taisho Award |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-26/yuki-suetsugu-chihayafuru-wins-2nd-manga-taisho-award |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=March 26, 2009}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''Saint Young Men''
| Short Work Prize
| [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]]
| {{won}}
| 
| <ref name="Tezuka Prize">{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-19/13th-tezuka-osamu-cultural-prize-winners-announced |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=April 19, 2009}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2010
| ''Saint Young Men''
| Male Readers
| {{transliteration|ja|Kono Manga ga Sugoi!}}
| {{CFinalist|place=8th place}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:このマンガがすごい! 2010 |url=http://konomanga.jp/special/86773-2/#a07 |website=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web |access-date=March 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207194341/http://konomanga.jp/special/86773-2/#a07 |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |language=ja |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2012
| ''Saint Young Men''
| Best Comic
| [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]]
| {{nom}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jennifer |title=''Drifting Life'', ''St. Young Men'', More Nominated at France's Angoulême |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-07/drifting-life-st-young-men-more-nominated-at-france-angouleme |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=December 7, 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''Saint Young Men''
| Book of the Year
| ''[[Media Factory#Magazines|Da Vinci]]''
| {{CFinalist|place=12th place}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=''Attack on Titan'' Tops ''Da Vinci'' Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-08/attack-on-titan-tops-da-vinci-magazine-ranking-for-2nd-year/.81801 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=March 17, 2021 |date=December 8, 2014}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Anime and manga}}
* [https://twitter.com/hikanaka1217 Official Twitter account] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20160104233028/http://www.nakamurahikaru.com/}} (defunct; link via the [[Wayback Machine]]) {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120827002950/https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/contents/topic-nakamura/index.html Interview with ''Jump SQ''] (defunct; link via the Wayback Machine) {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://morningmanga.com/mcv01/page_1.html Interview with Natsume Ono for ''Monthly Morning''{{'}}s website] {{in lang|ja}}
* {{anime News Network|people|73858|Hikaru Nakamura}}

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