Taeko Watanabe
渡辺多恵子
Language: Japanese
Hometown: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Years active: 1979
♥: 9
Watanabe made her professional debut as a manga artist in 1979 with the short story <i>Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai</i>. In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series <i>Saint 14 Graffiti</i>. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo category: in 1991 for <i>Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!</i> and in 2003 for <i>Kaze Hikaru</i>.