Foreigner Makes Her Debut as a Mangaka in JAPAN!

If your dream is the same as this young woman’s, may her story inspire you to achieve it as well. Let me introduce you to an incredible story: a foreigner moved to Japan four years ago, and today she made her debut as a mangaka with her work being published by Kodansha!

Linnea Kataja, or Keiko Kapu as she is known on her Japanese account, is actually a foreigner who arrived in Japan four years ago. She works as an animator in Japan and recently made her debut as an idol (although it was also part of her girlfriend’s marriage proposal).

Foreigner Makes Her Debut as a Mangaka in JAPAN!

According to her, her biggest dream has always been to become a mangaka, and she finally achieved it, making the announcement yesterday on her social media profiles.

The author announced that she fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a professional mangaka in Japan. Her manga, “This Foreigner is too Otaku to Make Her Dreams Come True” (English title), won an award in one of Kodansha’s women’s manga competitions, securing her official debut in the Kiss and BE LOVE magazines.

After achieving her dream, she thanked her family, friends, fans, and her editor at Kodansha, who supported her throughout the process and even helped revise parts of the Japanese used in the manga.

The manga is already available in the August digital editions of the magazines, will arrive on Comic Days next month, and will also receive an English version that she will publish on her social media accounts (yes, she managed to get permission to publish the English version, unlike the case of the author of HORIZON).

Linnea Kataja received many congratulations. Let’s see how Japanese fans reacted to the news.

• “I hope she becomes very successful.”
• “The other day, a foreign fan of Tatsuki also debuted on Jump+.”
• “The art style really looks commercial, like something that could become a hit.”
• “In the end, the ideal career path for an animator is becoming a mangaka.”
• “So it’s like those autobiographical manga made by mangaka?”
• “She’s beautiful.”
• “So she turned her own story into a manga?”
• “The artwork is really good.”
• “This isn’t something just anyone can accomplish.”
• “It looks interesting.”
• “That’s amazing. Working in Japan can be difficult, but I hope she succeeds.”
• “She’s doing an amazing job.”

She has also started publishing a Yuri manga on her Instagram about a vampire who grew up in an oppressive church, where she meets her future partner.

That’s all.