In 1997, Tanemura released I.O.N, her first series. The comic, along with her other short works, was later reprinted in the anthology Short-Tempered Melancholic. Despite being published in a sister magazine of the main Ribon, Tanemura stated that the story received positive feedback, and that she received 500 fan letters after it was serialized. Her debut work was a short comic titled The Style of the Second Love, which was published in the shōjo manga magazine Ribon Original. Tanemura debuted professionally at the age of 18 in 1996. Afterwards, she began practicing by drawing yonkoma. Despite not winning, she later stated that she had passed the first round and earned ¥2,000 from the contest. Tanemura described her submission as a "dark" and "sad" story about the main character's boyfriend dying in a traffic accident and later being approached by his brother. At the same time, her female cousin had expressed interest in reading a story about a character Tanemura had drawn for her multiple times. She started drawing manga beginning in spring break of her first year in high school, during which she stated she made her first submission to an amateur manga contest. She was heavily influenced by shōjo manga works from her childhood, and she mostly drew female characters. Throughout elementary school, she also read Margaret regularly, and she began reading Shōjo Comic in junior high school. While in elementary school, Tanemura's friend lent her a copy of Ribon, and she became fascinated with its childish art style, later convincing her mother's co-worker to buy her a copy. Her older brother, on the other hand, often read Weekly Shonen Jump. When she was in nursery school, her mother would often buy manga magazines aimed at an older female demographic, such as Bessatsu Margaret, Bessatsu Friend and Bessatsu Shōjo Comic. Her main source of entertainment was manga magazines because her local television stations only ran re-runs of older anime series, and she was unable to watch new shows. 2.3 2011–present: Departure from Ribon, Idolish7Īrina Tanemura was born on March 12, 1978.
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