Saori Oguri 小栗左多里 | |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1966 |
Birth Place: | Seki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Area: | Manga artist |
Notable Works: | Is He Turning Japanese? |
Manga: | Yes |
is a Japanese manga artist born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Tama Art University, where she studied graphic design. Her first work was Sora ni makka na mono relu in the shōjo comic magazine, Chorus (published in 1995 by Shueisha).
Oguri is known for the comic essay series Dārin wa Gaikokujin (literally "My Darling is a Foreigner"), known in English as Is He Turning Japanese?, which portrays her life with her husband, Tony László, with whom she also co-authored Dārin no atamannaka (Inside darling's mind), a comic essay about English and linguistics. The comics were turned into the comedy film My Darling is a Foreigner, released in April 2010.[1]