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Ritsuko Kawai

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 02 1964

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Ritsuko Kawai is a Japanese manga artist known as the creator of the Hamtaro franchise. She was born in Osaka, Japan, and received a design degree from Kyoto Saga University of Arts. After graduation, she set out to Tokyo to seek her fortune as a comic-book artist.

Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for children first published in 1997 and adapted into an anime television series in Japan in July 2000. The animation series based on her Hamtaro books began broadcasting in English in the United States in July of 2002. Her Hamtaro books have sold more than 6 million copies in Japan.

Other than Hamtaro, Ritsuko Kawai has created other shōjo manga, serialized in Ciao magazine.

Ritsuko Kawai

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 02 1964

Website: Go to Website

Ritsuko Kawai is a Japanese manga artist known as the creator of the Hamtaro franchise. She was born in Osaka, Japan, and received a design degree from Kyoto Saga University of Arts. After graduation, she set out to Tokyo to seek her fortune as a comic-book artist.

Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for children first published in 1997 and adapted into an anime television series in Japan in July 2000. The animation series based on her Hamtaro books began broadcasting in English in the United States in July of 2002. Her Hamtaro books have sold more than 6 million copies in Japan.

Other than Hamtaro, Ritsuko Kawai has created other shōjo manga, serialized in Ciao magazine.

Books from Ritsuko Kawai

A Home for Hamtaro & Other Stories

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Jealous Hamtaro & Other Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Official Hamtaro Handbook [With Two Stickers]

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Hamtaro's New Home

Hamtaro Origami

3.9/5 ( ratings)

We Are the Ham-Hams! (A Hamtaro Ham-Ham Reader)

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Bijou's Big Adventure

Come Back, Hamtaro

Hamtaro Hamster Care Guide

4.8/5 ( ratings)

Hamtaro Punch-Out Activity Book

Hamtaro Pop-up Playset

4.7/5 ( ratings)

Jingle's Journey

Hamtaro: Much Ado About School

Hamtaro 1, 2, 3!

Merry Ham-Ham Christmas

Calling All Ham-Hams!

Hamtaro: How to Be A Ham-Star

Hamtaro, Let's Play, Vol. 4: A Playground for Ham-Hams

Ham-Hugs All Around

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