Shungicu Uchida

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Shungicu Uchida (内田春菊 Uchida Shungiku?), real name Shigeko Uchida (内田 滋子 Uchida Shigeko?), is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer born August 7, 1959 in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.[1] She graduated from Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Minami High School. She then attended Keio University, majoring in philosophy in the Department of Literature. She left before completing a degree. Uchida is currently represented by the talent management firm Knockout.

Her representative works include Wakaokusama Tamajigoku and Minami-kun no Koibito (which was later adapted into three drama series). Uchida is also known as "Denko-chan", the mascot character for The Tokyo Electric Power Company.

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  1. ^ Uchida, Shungiku. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.

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