Shungiku Uchida

内田春菊

[Blog](https://ameblo.jp/shinshungicu/) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/uchidashungicu) Shungiku Uchida was born on August 7th, 1959, in Nagasaki prefecture. In 1984, she debuted with "Coelacanth Burein," a mystery novel published by Futabasha. Writing about people's mentality from an original perspective, she has produced a lot of shocking stories. Her other activities include writing novels and acting. Her father left the family when she and her younger sister were in primary school. Her mother was a dance teacher and bar hostess, who soon began living with another dance instructor, and later remarried. Shungiku was often forced to sleep with her stepfather, and her mother would allow it. One of Shungiku's happiest memories from her childhood was getting a ream of rough paper from her fourth grade teacher, as a gift for saying that her dream was to become a manga artist. Shungiku dropped out of high school in her second year and worked in restaurants, bars, in a printshop, and as a domestic. Sometimes she slept under bridges. Five years later she left Nagasaki for Tokyo with her beloved manga and $7,000 in savings. She graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Minami High S

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