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Kaiu Shirai

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox writer Template:Nihongo is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist and writer whose real name and date of birth are unknown. He is best known for his manga series The Promised Neverland.

Early life

Kaiu Shirai was doing Kabuki at a young age and then after graduating from university, Shirai gained employment at a normal company, but later resigned. Aiming to become a professional manga artist, he began to submit manuscripts to editors and magazines.[1][2]

Career history

On 21 June 2015, Kaiu Shirai published his first professional work, a standalone piece called, The Location of Ashley-Gate, in Shōnen Jump+, a digital imprint of Shueisha, with art by Kyousuke Maruyama.[3] Again, in the same magazine, he published his second work, another standalone piece called, Poppy's Wish, in collaboration with artist Posuka Demizu on 18 February 2016.[4]

After that, Shirai created a serialized work based on drafts written while he was still an amateur.Template:R This work, The Promised Neverland, (with art by Posuka Demizu) started its run in the 35th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump on 1 August 2016 and finished in the 28th issue of the magazine on 15 June 2020.[5][6] Along with manga artist Posuka Demizu, Shirai published two one-shots in 2020 and 2021. The first one, Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono was published in the combined issue No. 36 – No. 37, 2020 of Weekly Shōnen Jump; the second one is titled DC3, published in the same magazine in issue No. 35 of 2021.[7][8] On 3 September 2021, Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland was published, which included works and one-shots in combination with Posuka Demizu.[9]

A collaborative exhibition titled Miroirs manga meets Chanel by Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu and Chanel was held at Chanel Nexus Hall Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, from 28 April to 4 June 2021. The manga Miroirs, written and illustrated by the duo, was inspired by the Chanel brand. In this exhibition, scenes from Miroirs are exhibited alongside precious works from Chanel. The manga was published by Shueisha on 30 April 2021.[10] In 2022, Shirai participated as a judge at Shōnen Jump+'s 7th Stokin Pro Garyokin 2022, to discover new talented manga artists.[11]

On 6 January 2024, Kaiu Shirai along with illustrator Shiki Hamada launched a standalone one-shot, titled Kubigeshō, in the combined Issue #6–#7 2024 of Weekly Shōnen Jump.[12] Within the same year, on 9 December, Kaiu Shirai along with illustrator Yōichi Amano launched a standalone one-shot, titled Apple, in Issue #2 2025 of Weekly Shōnen Jump.[13]

Influences

Kaiu Shirai commented that he was influenced by manga artists Osamu Tezuka, Naoki Urasawa, Yoshihiro Togashi and Eiichiro Oda; as well as directors Akira Kurosawa, Kōki Mitani, Kentaro Kobayashi and Hayao Miyazaki. He has also mentioned the Kabuki actor Kanzaburo Nakamura XVIII as a source of influence for his works.[14]

Works

Manga

One-shots

  • The Location of Ashley-Gate (art by Kyousuke Maruyama, Shōnen Jump+, 2015).[3]
  • Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland (白井カイウ×出水ぽすか短編集, Shirai kaiu × Demizu posuka Tanhenshū) (2021) — Collected volume of Shirai's one-shots published by Shueisha.[9]
    • Poppy's Wish (art by Posuka Demizu, Shōnen Jump+, 2016).[9]
    • Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono (art by Posuka Demizu, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Issue No. 36, 2020–Issue No. 37, 2020).[9]
    • Dreams Come True (art by Posuka Demizu).[9]
    • We Were Born (art by Posuka Demizu, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Issue #5–#6, 2021).[9]
    • DC3 (art by Posuka Demizu, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Issue No. 35, 2021).[9]
  • Kubigeshō (art by Shiki Hamada, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Issue #6–#7, 2024).[12]
  • APPLE (art by Yōichi Amano, Weekly Shōnen Jump, Issue #2, 2025).[13]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2016 Mandō Kobayashi Manga Award New Serialization Award The Promised Neverland rowspan="4" Template:Won [15]
2017 Manga Grand Prix [16]
1st Annual Tsutaya Comic Award Next Break Division [17]
Manga Shimbun Taishō Grand Prix [18]
10th Manga Taishō Manga Taishō Template:Nom [19][20]
3rd Next Manga Awards Comics Division Template:Draw [21]
2018 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award Best Shōnen Manga Template:Won [22]
22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Cultural Prize rowspan="3" Template:Nom [23]
11th Manga Taishō Manga Taishō [24]
24th Salón del Manga de Barcelona Best Shōnen Manga [25]
2nd Annual Tsutaya Comic Award All-Time Best Template:Draw [26]
21st Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division rowspan="2" Template:Shortlisted [27]
French 12th ACBD's Prix Asie de la Critique 2018 Manga Category [28]
Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Male Readers rowspan="7" Template:Won [29]
Manga News Awards Shōnen Tournament 2018 [30]
2018 Google Play Awards User Voting Excellence Award [31]
Ridibooks Comic Award Next Trending Manga Award [32][33]
2019 French Babelio Readers' Awards Best Manga Series [34]
2019 Mangawa Awards Best Shōnen Manga [35][36]
French Manga Prix Best Manga Series [37]
23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Cultural Prize rowspan="3"Template:Nom [38]
Template:Ill Best Manga Series [39]
French Konishi Prize Best Translated Manga [40]
Ridibooks Comic Award Grand Prize rowspan="10" Template:Won [41]
Piccoma Award Luna Prize [42][43]
Japan Expo Awards Daruma for Best New Series [44]
Daruma for Best Screenplay of the Year
25th Salón del Manga de Barcelona Best Shōnen Manga [45][46]
2020 Lucca Comics & Games Amazon Comics Award [47][48]
French "Les Mordus du Manga" Awards Grand Prize [49]
Anime Click Award Best New Manga [50][51]
Most Wanted Manga
20th Sense of Gender Awards Grand Prize [52]
3rd Saito Takao Award Grand Prize rowspan="4" Template:Nom [53]
2021 Geeks d'Ouro Best Translated Manga [54]
25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Cultural Prize [55]
52nd Seiun Awards Best Comic [56]

See also

References

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External links

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