Reiji Miyajima

Reiji Miyajima (Japanese: 宮島 礼吏, Hepburn: Miyajima Reiji) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his series AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei, Rent-A-Girlfriend and The Shiunji Family Children.

Reiji Miyajima 宮島 礼吏
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei Rent-A-Girlfriend The Shiunji Family Children

Biography

Reiji Miyajima is a native of Nakano, Nagano. After graduating at a high school in Nakano, he began working as a manga artist in Tokyo.^[1] In October 2005, Miyajima received the Magazine Grand Prix Encouragement Award for his work Sakka no Tensai (サッカの天才).^[2] In the same year, he received an honorable mention at the 75th Weekly Shōnen Magazine Newcomer Manga Award for his one-shot manga Pool no Saboten.^[3] In 2008, he published his second one-shot manga Icon in Magazine Special.^[4]

Miyajima started in Weekly Shōnen Magazine by illustrating the short-term series Suzuki no Shiten in 2009. The following year, he illustrated the series AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei, which is based on the Japanese idol group AKB48.^[5] In 2017, Miyajima started the manga series Rent-A-Girlfriend,^[6] which has performed well in Japan.^[7] It has since received an anime adaptation and a spin-off manga.^[8][9] Miyajima has previously worked as an assistant for the manga series Ace of Diamond.^[10]

Aside from his manga career, Miyajima has also handled the series composition for the anime series 22/7.^[11] He also wrote the original story for its manga adaptation, 22/7 +α, which was serialized in Sunday Webry.^[12]

Works

Manga

Serials

• Suzuki no Shiten (鈴木の視点) (2009, written by Shigemitsu Harada; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[5]
• AKB49: Ren'ai Kinshi Jōrei (AKB49〜恋愛禁止条例〜) (2010–2016, written by Motoazabu Factory; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[5]
• Mononote: Edo Shinobi Kagyō [ja] (もののて～江戸忍稼業～) (2016–2017, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[13]
• Rent-A-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします, Kanojo, Okarishimasu) (2017–present, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[6]
• 22/7 +α (2020, illustrated by Nao Kasai; serialized in Sunday Webry)^[12]
• Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend (彼女、人見知ります, Kanojo, Hitomishirimasu) (2020–present, serialized in Magazine Pocket)^[9]
• The Shiunji Family Children (紫雲寺家の子供たち, Shiunji-ke no Kodomo-tachi) (2022–present, serialized in Young Animal)^[14]

One-shots

• Pool no Saboten (プールの仙人掌) (2005)^[3]
• Icon (アイコン) (2008, published in Magazine Special)^[4]
• Kanojo, Tensei Shimasu (彼女、転生します) (2020, published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)^[15]

Television series

• 22/7 Keisanchū [ja] (22/7 計算中) (2018, character story draft)^[16]
• 22/7 (ナナブンノニジュウニ, Nanabun no Nijūni) (2020, series composition)^[11]

Video games

• Hissatsu Shigotonin: Oshioki Collection (必殺仕事人～お仕置きコレクション～) (2013, illustrations)^[17]
• 22/7: Ongaku no Jikan (22/7 音楽の時間) (2020, ChouChou character drafts)^[18]

Others

• AKB48 Bijutsukan (AKB48美術館) (2011, illustration of Not Yet; published in Magazine Special)^[19]