Namie Odama

Namie Odama (尾玉なみえ), born June 1, 1979 in Osaka Prefecture, known as "Namie-han" to her fans, is a Japanese gag manga artist. Her works have been featured in Shueisha's magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump and, more recently, its sister publications Business Jump, Ultra Jump and Young Jump.

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• Series
• Short stories
• Short story collections
• References

Odama says she "became a manga artist because [she] can't do anything else". She debuted in the autumn of 1995 after winning an honorable mention for the Shikishō Prize given out by Kodansha's manga magazine Afternoon. She also was the runner-up for the Akatsuka Award in 2000 for her manga Junjō Pine.