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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|日本旅行|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox comics creator

| name_nonEN    = 羅川 真里茂
| nonUS         = ja
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| birth_date    = September 21
| birth_place   = [[Hachinohe, Aomori]], Japan
| death_date    = 
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| nationality   = Japanese
| area          = [[Mangaka|Manga artist]]
| alias         = 
| notable works = {{unbulleted list|''[[Baby & Me]]''|''[[New York New York (manga)|New York New York]]''}}
| awards        = [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] (1995), [[Kodansha Manga Award]] (2012), [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] Excellence Award (2012)
| manga         = Yes
| website       = {{URL|http://www.ragawa.co.jp/}}
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{{nihongo|'''Marimo Ragawa'''|羅川 真里茂|Ragawa Marimo|born on September 21 in [[Hachinohe, Aomori]]|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[Mangaka|manga artist]].<ref name="Hakusensha Profile"/><ref name="Hachinohe">{{cite web |script-title=ja:漫画家羅川真里茂さん（八戸出身）デビュー30年 「ましろのおと」4月TVアニメ化 |url=https://www.daily-tohoku.news/archives/52786 |website=Daily Tōhoku Digital |access-date=April 24, 2021 |language=ja |date=January 2, 2021}}</ref> She began submitting [[manga]] to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, in the sixth grade of elementary school. She continued to send her manga to the same magazine for four years, but failed to receive a positive critical reception. Ragawa then decided to switch to a different magazine, ''[[Hana to Yume]]''. Her first submission to this magazine won a prize called the "Top Prize" ({{lang|ja|トップ賞}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} Two years later in 1990, she succeeded in achieving her debut with her [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] manga {{nihongo|''Time Limit''|タイムリミット}}, published in ''Hana to Yume'' issue {{abbr|No.|number}} 22.<ref name="Hakusensha Profile">{{cite web |script-title=ja:羅川真里茂 |url=https://www.hakusensha.co.jp/artist/profile.php?artistname=%97%85%90%EC%90%5E%97%A2%96%CE&artistname2=%82%E7%82%AA%82%ED%82%DC%82%E8%82%E0&keyword=%82%E7&home=%90%C2%90X%8C%A7&birthday=9%8C%8E21%93%FA&bloodtype=B%8C%5E&debut=1990%94N%81u%89%D4%82%C6%82%E4%82%DF%81v22%8D%86%81w%83%5E%83C%83%80%83%8A%83%7E%83b%83g%81x |website=Artist Database |publisher=[[Hakusensha]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307020407/https://www.hakusensha.co.jp/artist/profile.php?artistname=%97%85%90%EC%90%5E%97%A2%96%CE&artistname2=%82%E7%82%AA%82%ED%82%DC%82%E8%82%E0&keyword=%82%E7&home=%90%C2%90X%8C%A7&birthday=9%8C%8E21%93%FA&bloodtype=B%8C%5E&debut=1990%94N%81u%89%D4%82%C6%82%E4%82%DF%81v22%8D%86%81w%83%5E%83C%83%80%83%8A%83%7E%83b%83g%81x |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |language=ja |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ragawa continued to create long-running manga series such as ''[[Baby & Me]]'', ''[[New York New York (manga)|New York New York]]'', and ''{{ill|Itsudemo Otenki Kibun|ja|いつでもお天気気分}}''. In 1995, she won the 40th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in the [[Shōjo manga|{{transliteration|ja|shōjo}}]] category for ''Baby & Me''.<ref name="Shogakukan Award">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |language=ja |access-date=2007-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805112042/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=2015-08-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:少女まんがの世界展～8人の作家が描く少女の夢～ |url=https://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/museum/takamatsu/event/exhibitions/1999.files/05.pdf |website=Takamatsu City Museum of Art |access-date=April 24, 2021 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2012, she won both the 36th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] in the [[Shōnen manga|{{transliteration|ja|shōnen}}]] category<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherman |first1=Jennifer |title=36th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-10/36th-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> and an Excellence Award at the 16th [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] for ''[[Those Snow White Notes]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Otomo's ''Combustible'' Anime Short Wins Media Arts Award |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-13/otomo-combustible-anime-short-wins-media-arts-award |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |date=December 13, 2012}}</ref>

==Works==
{{Incomplete list|date=April 2021}}
* ''Time Limit'' (one-shot, 1990)<ref name="Hakusensha Profile"/>
* ''[[Baby & Me]]'' (1991–1997)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:赤ちゃんと僕 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%B5%A4%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%A8%E5%83%95-691549 |encyclopedia=[[Daijisen|Digital Daijisen Plus]] |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}</ref>
* ''{{ill|Itsudemo Otenki Kibun|ja|いつでもお天気気分}}'' (1993–2014)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:いつでもお天気気分 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%84%E3%81%A4%E3%81%A7%E3%82%82%E3%81%8A%E5%A4%A9%E6%B0%97%E6%B0%97%E5%88%86-694838 |encyclopedia=[[Daijisen|Digital Daijisen Plus]] |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}</ref>
* ''[[New York New York (manga)|New York New York]]'' (1995–1998)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:ニューヨーク・ニューヨーク |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF-728311 |encyclopedia=[[Daijisen|Digital Daijisen Plus]] |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}</ref>
* ''{{ill|Shanimuni Go|ja|しゃにむにGO}}'' (1998–2009)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |script-title=ja:しゃにむにGO |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%97%E3%82%83%E3%81%AB%E3%82%80%E3%81%ABGO-713486 |encyclopedia=[[Daijisen|Digital Daijisen Plus]] |publisher=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |language=ja |via=Kotobank}}</ref>
* ''[[Those Snow White Notes]]'' (2009–2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |last2=Mateo |first2=Alex |title=''Those Snow White Notes'' Anime Reveals More Cast, Song Artists, April 2 Premiere |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-04/those-snow-white-notes-anime-reveals-more-cast-song-artists-april-2-premiere/.169134 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |date=February 4, 2021}}</ref>
* ''The Vampire & His Pleasant Companions'' (with Narise Konohara, 2016–present)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Yen Press Licenses ''Unnamed Memory'', 5 Other Novels, 6 Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-03/yen-press-licenses-unnamed-memory-5-other-novels-6-manga/.161378 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=April 24, 2021 |date=July 3, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Anime and Manga}}
* {{Official website|http://www.ragawa.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://mangapedia.com/%E7%BE%85%E5%B7%9D%E7%9C%9F%E9%87%8C%E8%8C%82-3ve75wafl Marimo Ragawa] at {{ill|Mangapedia|ja|マンガペディア}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{anime News Network|people|5600|Marimo Ragawa}}

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