Åsa Ekström


Åsa Ekström is a Swedish comics artist, currently resides and works as a manga creator in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.

Life and career

Born in Karlskrona, Blekinge. The impact of anime “Sailor Moon” enthralled her into Japanese culture. After that, she read manga, such as “Ranma ½” “ONE PIECE”. As she started to think of manga artist in Japan, she learned graphic design in Swedish college.
In 2011, she immigrated to Japan, that was the seventh time of the visit to Japan. She started to post her 4-koma essay manga on her blog.
In 2015 May, 「北欧女子オーサがみつけた日本の不思議」 published by Media Factory.
In 2015 July, 2015年7月 Romance comics「さよならセプテンバー」 published by CREEK & RIVER.
In 2015 October, Traditional Chinese version of “That’s what Åsa found in Japan” published by 台湾国際角川書店.
In 2015 December, “Goodbye, September” win first prize in「ガイマン賞2015」.
In 2015 December 17, にNHK interviewed her.
In 2016 February, second volume of “That’s what Åsa found in Japan” published by 台湾国際角川書店.