Mari Yamazaki
Name (in native language) : ヤマザキマリ
Associated Names:
山崎萬里 (chinese)
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In 2010 she won the third edition of the Manga Award for Thermae Romae. In 2015 she won the Tezuka Osamu award (section "story", also for Thermae Romae) as well as the "New Face" award of the Japanese Ministry of Education. In 2017 she was awarded the rank of Commander of the Order of the Star (Italy).
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