Haruko Ichikawa

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Haruko Ichikawa is the author and artist of Houseki no Kuni (宝石の国, "Land of the Lustrous"). She started her career in 2006 with the one-shot Mushi to Uta (虫と歌, Insects and Songs). Between 2007 and 2011, she published six other one-shots in the manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, which were later compiled into two individual books in the Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhinshuu (市川春子作品集, Haruko Ichikawa Works Collection), titled Mushi to Uta and 25-ji no Vacances.

In 2010, she won the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Mushi to Uta. She has also contributed characters designs to the Pokémon Sun & Moon and Pokémon Sword & Shield video games.