Ritsuko Kawai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ritsuko Kawai

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1964

Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: writer, composer, mangaka

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ritsuko Kawai (?? ???, Kawai Ritsuko, born March 3, 1964) is a Japanese manga artist known as the creator of the Hamtaro franchise.
Kawai originally created Hamtaro as storybooks for children first published in 1997 and adapted into an anime television series in Japan in July 2000. Hamtaro is about a little hamster and his friends.
Hamtaro has gained great popularity and was made into an anime series and a line of merchandising.
However, the animated show has since been cancelled. Kawai has had a say in the message that Hamtaro promoted, which was non-violence, teamwork, cooperation and sharing.
Hamtaro has also been made into many different games for Nintendo hand held systems such as the Game Boy Advance. Other than Hamtaro, Ritsuko Kawai has created other shojo manga, serialized in Ciao magazine.