Åsa Ekström is a Swedish comics artist, currently residing and working as a manga creator in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. Life and career. Ekström was born in Karlskrona, Blekinge. . Sailor Moon introduced her to modern Japanese culture. After that, she read manga such as “Ranma ½” and “One Piece”. . In 2011, she decided to settle there and started to post her 4-koma essay (her diary) manga on her blog. In 2015, her manga,「北欧女子オーサがみつけた日本の不思議 (That's what Åsa found in Japan)」 was published by Media Factory.
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