Osamu Nishi (西修 Nishi Osamu) is the author of Ichi the Witch. She is a well-known Japanese manga artist recognized for her work, particularly Mairimashita! Iruma-kun.
Background
Nishi began drawing illustrations during high school, though she had no prior experience in manga creation.[1] Despite this, she was highly interested in newly released manga and anime merchandise and often visited the Animate Toyohashi Shop with friends on her way home from school.[2] Unsure of her future career path after graduation, she decided to try drawing manga.[1]
She took part in the Tokiwaso project. In 2011, her debut work, Shounen K, received an honorable mention in the Jump SQ Monthly Awards and was published in the Autumn 2011 issue of Jump SQ.19 (Shueisha), marking her debut as a manga artist. This period also saw her beginning to consider manga creation as a career.[1]
At 19, she moved to Tokyo alone to concentrate on her manga career.[1] In 2013, she won the inaugural SQ.NEXT CUP with her short story Hotel Hellheim[3], which was published in the October 2013 issue of Jump Square (Shueisha).[4] This short story was serialized in Jump Square from the November 2014 issue to the September 2015 issue, marking her first serialized work.[5]
From her debut work Shounen K to Hotel Hellheim, her themes were primarily dark fantasy. When planning her next project, she conceived the idea of "a boy like an angel entering a school for demons," aiming for a lighter tone. After enhancing her mood, she completed the story in a few days and came up with a title the following day. The then-editor of Weekly Shounen Champion immediately decided to serialize it upon seeing the title. Thus, Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun began serialization in Weekly Shounen Champion (Akita Shoten) in March 2017.[6]
Pen Name
Apart from having numbers "2" and "4" in her birthday, she chose her pen name "Osamu Nishi" because she liked the character "修" from her brother's name and also noted the name of Osamu Tezuka.[1]
Works List
Serialized
- Hotel Hellheim (ホテル ヘルヘイム Hoteru Heruheimu): Published in Jump Square (Shueisha) from November 2014 to September 2015, 3 volumes (Shueisha), 2 volumes (Akita Shoten)
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (魔入りました！入間くん Mairimashita! Iruma-kun): Published in Weekly Shounen Champion (Akita Shoten) from issue 14 of 2017, ongoing, 38 volumes published
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun: Kalego Gaiden (魔入りました!入間くん カルエゴ外伝 Mairimashita! Iruma-kun: Kalego Gaiden) – Published in Weekly Shounen Champion (Akita Shoten) from issue 1 of 2024 to issue 7 of 2024, 1 volume published
Short Stories
- Shounen K: Published in Jump SQ.19 Autumn 2011, a suspense story about a kidnapped boy and a kidnapper
- Rental Butler (貸出執事 レンタルバトラー Rentaru Batōrā): Published in Jump SQ.19 Issue 2 (Shueisha), 2012
- GetMarry: Published in Jump SQ.19 Issue 5 / January 2013 (Shueisha)
- DEAD AN DEAD: Published in Jump SQ.CROWN Autumn 2016 (Shueisha)
- Soft Hunter Brothers (やわらかハンターブラザーズ Yawaraka Hantā Burazāzu): Published in Bessatsu Shounen Champion August 2018 (Akita Shoten)
Manga Original Plan
- Makai no Shuyaku wa Wareware da! (魔界の主役は我々だ!, lit. The Protagonists of the Demon World Are Us!): Published in Weekly Shounen Champion (Akita Shoten) from issue 6 of 2020, 18 volumes published
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (Mafia Alternate Universe) (魔入りました！入間くん if Episode of 魔フィア Mairimashita! Iruma-kun if Episode of Ma-Fia): Published in Bessatsu Shounen Champion (Akita Shoten) from October 2023, manga by Hiro, 2 volumes published
Books
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Official Fanbook: Demon School Babirus Enrollment Guide (魔入りました!入間くん 公式ファンブック 悪魔学校バビルス入学案内 Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Kōshiki Fanbukku Akuma Gakkō Babirusu Nyūgaku Annai): 2023, Akita Shoten
Illustrations and Covers
- Tokiwaso Project: Cover illustration for マンガで食えない人の壁 -プロがプロたる所以編, NEWVERY, 2014 ISBN 978-4-9905451-6-1
- Tribute illustration for The Rose King’s Funeral Brigade (月刊Princess, Akita Shoten) October 2021
- Commemorative illustration for the 30th anniversary of the Baki series (Weekly Shounen Champion) Issue 44, 2021
- Official illustration for Vampire Dies in No Time – "We Meet in Shin-Yokohama" part 4 (Mystery Bonita) November 2021, included in volume 1
Lyrics
- Demon School Babyls School Anthem (悪魔学校バビルス校歌 Akuma Gakkō Babirusu Kōka)
- Your Little Devil Apocalypse (キミの小悪魔黙示録 Kimi no Koakuma Mokushiroku)
- Devi-Cue (デビきゅー Debi-kyū) (by Serizawa Yuu) – Under the name "os.nishi"
External Link
- Osamu Nishi (@osamun24) on X (formerly Twitter)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Official Fanbook: Demon School Babirus Enrollment Guide, pages 100-101
- ↑ "Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Interview with Osamu Nishi-sensei!". Animate Times (Animate).
- ↑ "Osamu Nishi's Hotel Hellheim will begin serialization as a new series in the November issue of Jump SQ!". Tokiwaso Project.
- ↑ "Atobe-sama Birth Celebration! Taking Over SQ. Magazine and Website". Comic Natalie (Natasha).
- ↑ "Osamu Nishi Biography". MANGAPEDIA.
- ↑ "Kind-Hearted Boy Struggles at Demon School! New Serialization of Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun in Weekly Shounen Champion". Comic Natalie (Natasha).