Taeko Watanabe (渡辺 多恵子, Watanabe Taeko, born August 29, 1960, in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist.
[1] She made her professional debut in 1979 with the short story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (和佳ちゃんの熱愛時代, "Love Struck Days of Waka").
[2] In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series St. 14 Graffiti.
[3] She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category: in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!
[4][5] and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.