Okami-san (manga)

Okami-san (おかみさんlit.The Manageress) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ichimaru. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original from 1990 to 1999, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by a sequel, Okami-san Heisei Basho, serialized in the same magazine from 2011 to 2013, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. The series is about a woman who becomes the manager of a stable of sumo wrestlers.

In 1993, Okami-san won the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

Publication

Okami-san, written and illustrated by Ichimaru [ja], was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original from 1990 to 1999. Shogakukan collected its chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes, released from August 30, 1991, to March 30, 1999.

A sequel, titled Okami-san Heisei Basho (おかみさん 平成場所lit.The Manageress: Heisei Tournament), was serialized for sixteen chapters in the same magazine from October 20, 2011, to September 5, 2013. Two tankōbon volumes were released on February 28 and December 27, 2013.

Volume list

Okami-san

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 August 30, 1991 978-4-09-182651-0
2 December 17, 1991 978-4-09-182652-7
3 July 30, 1992 978-4-09-182653-4
4 January 30, 1993 978-4-09-182654-1
5 September 30, 1993 978-4-09-182655-8
6 April 28, 1994 978-4-09-182656-5
7 November 30, 1994 978-4-09-182657-2
8 August 30, 1995 978-4-09-182658-9
9 April 27, 1996 978-4-09-182659-6
10 September 30, 1996 978-4-09-182660-2
11 February 28, 1997 978-4-09-184411-8
12 June 30, 1997 978-4-09-184412-5
13 September 30, 1997 978-4-09-184413-2
14 February 26, 1998 978-4-09-184414-9
15 July 30, 1998 978-4-09-184415-6
16 October 30, 1998 978-4-09-184416-3
17 March 30, 1999 978-4-09-184417-0

Okami-san Heisei Basho

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 28, 2013 978-4-09-185023-2
2 December 27, 2013 978-4-09-185724-8

Reception

In 1993, alongside Hideki Arai‘s Miyamoto kara Kimi eOkami-san won the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.

 

Okami-san

First tankōbon volume cover
おかみさん
Genre
Manga
Written by Ichimaru
Published by Shogakukan
Magazine Big Comic Original
Demographic Seinen
Original run 1990 – 1999
Volumes 17
Manga
Okami-san Heisei Basho
Written by Ichimaru
Published by Shogakukan
Magazine Big Comic Original
Demographic Seinen
Original run October 20, 2011 – September 5, 2013
Volumes 2

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