Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Video Template:Infobox animanga/Other Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo foot is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Template:Ill. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since December 2016, with its chapters collected in 28 Template:Transliteration volumes as of December 2024. The series takes place in the Geisha district in Kyoto and follows the titular character Kiyo as she cooks up delicacies every day to support her friend Sumire and the other Template:Transliteration.
An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired worldwide from February 2021 to January 2022 on NHK World, and it was followed by a Japanese broadcast on NHK E from October 2021 to June 2022. A live-action series titled in English as The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, executive produced, written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda for Netflix, premiered in January 2023.
By September 2022, the manga had over 2.7 million copies in circulation. In 2020, Kiyo in Kyoto won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for the Template:Transliteration category.
Synopsis
Kiyo and Sumire are childhood friends from Aomori Prefecture who move to Kyoto to become Template:Transliteration. During their training, Sumire excels through her talent and diligence. Kiyo, meanwhile, has difficulty learning the basic skills and is eventually expelled. However, Kiyo's talent in cooking is discovered, and she is hired as the new cook of the Template:Transliteration house. Kiyo is happy with her new role: supporting Sumire and the other Template:Transliteration through her cooking.
Characters
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- A 16 year-old girl from Aomori who came to Kyoto to become a Template:Transliteration, but her teachers thought she was too clumsy. However, the other apprentices loved her cooking, so she now works at the Template:Transliteration house as a live-in cook.
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- Kiyo's childhood friend from Aomori who came to Kyoto with her. Unlike Kiyo, Sumire has talent at being a Template:Transliteration, earning praise from the geisha overseeing her training.
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- Kiyo and Sumire's childhood friend who goes to a high school in Aomori.
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- A senior Template:Transliteration who lives in the Template:Transliteration house where Kiyo works.
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- The "mother" of the Template:Transliteration house. She is responsible for all of the Template:Transliteration and geisha's living arrangements and for their training and preparation. It is later revealed that her real name is Hirose Azusa and she hails from Kanagawa. Her Template:Transliteration / Template:Transliteration name is Chikako. She retired from Template:Transliteration duties following her inheriting leadership of the Template:Transliteration house.
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- An assistant of the Template:Transliteration house. He is responsible for dressing the geisha and Template:Transliteration in their kimonos.
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Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Template:Ill, ''Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House started in Shogakukan's [[Shōnen manga|Template:Transliteration manga]] magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on December 28, 2016.[4] It started its final story arc on October 30, 2024.[5] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual Template:Transliteration volumes. The first volume was released on April 12, 2017.[6] As of December 12, 2024, 28 volumes have been released.[7]
Volumes
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Anime
In March 2020, NHK announced that the series would be adapted into an anime television series.[8] The series is animated by J.C.Staff, and directed by Yōhei Suzuki, with Susumu Yamakawa overseeing scripts, and Go Sakabe composing the series' music. It aired worldwide on the NHK World-Japan channel from February 25, 2021, to January 27, 2022,[9] and it was followed by a Japanese broadcast on NHK E from October 2, 2021 to June 11, 2022.[10] The opening theme song is "Ashita Kitto" by Ayano Tsuji.[11]
In addition to each episode being on NHK World-Japan's free on-demand service for a year after broadcast,[12] Crunchyroll is also streaming the series with English subtitles outside of Asia.[13] The series ran for 12 episodes.[1][14] Each episode features a "Dish of the Day" segment, in which Kiyo, Sumire, and Tsurukoma discuss the dishes that appeared in each episode's three segments.
Episodes
Drama
Template:Main In January 2022, it was announced that a nine-episode drama adaptation, titled in English as The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House, would premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2023. It was directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Megumi Tsuno, Hiroshi Okuyama and Takuma Sato, with Genki Kawamura in charge of planning; screenplay by Kore-eda, Tsuna, Okuyama, Sato and Mami Sunada; Yoshihiro Furusawa and Naomi Sato serving as executive producers; Kenji Yamada, Ai Kashima and Eiji Kitahara produced the series; Risa Kitabayashi served as an associate producer; and the music was composed by Yoko Kanno.[15][2][16] It premiered on Netflix on January 12, 2023.[17]
Reception
Kiyo in Kyoto won the 65th Shogakukan Manga Award for the Template:Transliteration category in 2020.[18][19][20]
By October 2019, the manga had 700,000 copies in circulation;[21] over 1 million copies in circulation by March 2020;[22] and over 2.7 million copies in circulation by of September 2022.[23]
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