Natsumi Ando (安藤 なつみ, Andō Natsumi) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1994 with Headstrong Cinderella, which…
Natsumi Ando (安藤 なつみ, Andō Natsumi) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1994 with Headstrong Cinderella, which won the 19th Nakayoshi Rookie Award. She is best known for Zodiac P.I., Something's Wrong with Us, and Kitchen Princess, the latter for which she won the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2006. Something's Wrong with Us received a live-action Japanese television drama adaptation that premiered on Nippon TV on August 12, 2020, starring Minami Hamabe and Ryusei Yokohama.
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Nanae Haruno (榛野なな恵, Haruno Nanae; born in Fukushima, Japan) is a Japanese josei manga artist.
Nami Akimoto (秋元 奈美, Akimoto Nami) is a Japanese manga artist from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture. Some manga series she…
Nami Akimoto (秋元 奈美, Akimoto Nami) is a Japanese manga artist from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture. Some manga series she wrote include Miracle Girls and Loving You, the latter of which won the Nakayoshi Best New Artist Award.
Fumino Hayashi (林ふみの, Hayashi Fumino) is a Japanese manga artist of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, a manga…
Fumino Hayashi (林ふみの, Hayashi Fumino) is a Japanese manga artist of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, a manga based on the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion by Gainax). This was the first project Hayashi had worked on for Kadokawa Shoten.
Yūki Obata (小畑友紀, おばた ゆうき, Obata Yuuki) (born January 9, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist born in Hokkaido, Japan. She…
Yūki Obata (小畑友紀, おばた ゆうき, Obata Yuuki) (born January 9, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist born in Hokkaido, Japan. She is mainly known for her work We Were There (僕等がいた, Bokura ga Ita).
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Shogakukan Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社小学館, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan; often pronounced as Shōgakkan due to…
Shogakukan Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社小学館, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan; often pronounced as Shōgakkan due to devoicing) is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan and the world. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward.
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Kagami Yoshimizu (美水 かがみ, Yoshimizu Kagami; born 1977) is a Japanese manga artist from Satte, Saitama, Japan. He is…
Kagami Yoshimizu (美水 かがみ, Yoshimizu Kagami; born 1977) is a Japanese manga artist from Satte, Saitama, Japan. He is best known as the creator of Lucky Star, which began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine in December 2003. He is also credited for creating Comptiq's mascot character Comp-chan (コンプちゃん, Konpu-chan). Yoshimizu also works under the pen name Tsukasa Suina (水奈 つかさ, Suina Tsukasa).
Masakazu Katsura (Japanese: 桂 正和, Hepburn: Katsura Masakazu; born December 10, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist, known…
Masakazu Katsura (Japanese: 桂 正和, Hepburn: Katsura Masakazu; born December 10, 1962) is a Japanese manga artist, known for hero and romance series. His works include Wing-Man (1983–1985), Video Girl Ai (1989–1992), I"s (1997–1999), and Zetman (2002–2014). He has also worked as a character designer for Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Tiger & Bunny and Garo: Crimson Moon, as well as the video game Astral Chain.
Moyoco Anno (安野 モヨコ, Anno Moyoko; born March 26, 1971), formerly known simply by the mononym Moyoco (モヨコ, Moyoko), is a…
Moyoco Anno (安野 モヨコ, Anno Moyoko; born March 26, 1971), formerly known simply by the mononym Moyoco (モヨコ, Moyoko), is a Japanese manga artist and fashion writer, with numerous books published in both categories. Her work Sugar Sugar Rune won the Kodansha manga award for children in 2005. Anno is married to director Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame. Anno has aspired to being a manga artist since her third year at elementary school.
Naoko Takeuchi (Japanese: 武内 直子, Hepburn: Takeuchi Naoko; born March 15, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best…
Naoko Takeuchi (Japanese: 武内 直子, Hepburn: Takeuchi Naoko; born March 15, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of Sailor Moon, one of the most popular manga series of all time. She has won several awards, including the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for Sailor Moon. Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter.
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Ai Morinaga (森永あい, Morinaga Ai) (28 April 1981 – 2 August 2019) was a Japanese manga artist from Okayama Prefecture.…
Ai Morinaga (森永あい, Morinaga Ai) (28 April 1981 – 2 August 2019) was a Japanese manga artist from Okayama Prefecture. Among her best-known series are Your and My Secret and My Heavenly Hockey Club. Morinaga's last work was Kirara no Hoshi, which was published in Betsufure magazine from 2010 to 2015. Morinaga died on August 2, 2019.
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Noriaki Kubo (Japanese: 久保 宣章, Hepburn: Kubo Noriaki; born June 26, 1977), known professionally as Tite Kubo (久保 帯人…
Noriaki Kubo (Japanese: 久保 宣章, Hepburn: Kubo Noriaki; born June 26, 1977), known professionally as Tite Kubo (久保 帯人, Kubo Taito), is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. His manga series Bleach (2001–2016) had over 130 million copies in circulation as of 2022.
Fumi Saimon (柴門ふみ, Saimon Fumi; born 19 January 1957 in Tokushima, Tokushima) is a female Japanese manga artist and…
Fumi Saimon (柴門ふみ, Saimon Fumi; born 19 January 1957 in Tokushima, Tokushima) is a female Japanese manga artist and novelist. She is best known for the series Tokyo Love Story, which was adapted as a live-action television series. She is considered one of the artists who are counted as part of the New Wave movement in manga in the last 1970s and early 1980s. She won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei and the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho. She is married to manga artist Kenshi Hirokane.
🎓 Ochanomizu University🏫 Tokushima Municipal High School📍 From Tokushima(city), Tokushima Prefecture💼 Manga Artist💼 Essayist・Essay Writer
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Aki Irie (入江 亜季, Irie Aki) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for her work Ran and the Gray World (乱と灰色の世界, Ran to…
Aki Irie (入江 亜季, Irie Aki) is a Japanese manga artist, best known for her work Ran and the Gray World (乱と灰色の世界, Ran to Haiiro no Sekai). She was born in Marugame, Kagawa.
Totan Kobako (小箱とたん, Kobako Totan) is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Fukuoka, Japan. He is best known as…
Totan Kobako (小箱とたん, Kobako Totan) is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist from Fukuoka, Japan. He is best known as the creator of Sketchbook which was adapted into a 13 episode anime television series by the studio Hal Film Maker and broadcast on TV Tokyo.
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Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音, Yoshizaki Mine; born December 2, 1971) is a Japanese manga creator. His most well known works…
Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音, Yoshizaki Mine; born December 2, 1971) is a Japanese manga creator. His most well known works are Sgt. Frog, a manga he created which later received an anime adaption, and Kemono Friends, a multimedia franchise for which Yoshizaki serves as concept designer.
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Akihito Yoshitomi (吉富昭仁, Yoshitomi Akihito) is a Japanese manga artist from Miyazaki Prefecture, born on 5 September…
Akihito Yoshitomi (吉富昭仁, Yoshitomi Akihito) is a Japanese manga artist from Miyazaki Prefecture, born on 5 September 1970. His most known works are the series Eat-Man, which consisted of 19 volumes, and Ray, which consisted of 7 volumes. Eat-Man and Blue Drop have been adapted into anime series. Yoshitomi has also worked on many one-shot manga with yuri content.
Tsukumizu (つくみず) is a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist. Their notable works include the post-apocalyptic iyashikei…
Tsukumizu (つくみず) is a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist. Their notable works include the post-apocalyptic iyashikei manga Girls' Last Tour and the four-panel surreal comedy manga Shimeji Simulation.
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Keitarō Arima (有馬 啓太郎, Arima Keitarō; born on January 13, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator…
Keitarō Arima (有馬 啓太郎, Arima Keitarō; born on January 13, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. He was a member of the Manga Dōkōkai OB at Kansai University. His pen names include Pitarō Arima (有馬 秘太郎, Arima Pitarō), Haruo Arima (有馬 晴臣, Arima Haruo) and Pīttarō Arima (有馬 ピーッ太郎, Arima Pīttarō).
Maki Satoh (佐藤まき, Satō Maki), known by the pen name Est Em (えすとえむ, Esu to Emu; "S and M", stylized as est em), is a…
Maki Satoh (佐藤まき, Satō Maki), known by the pen name Est Em (えすとえむ, Esu to Emu; "S and M", stylized as est em), is a Japanese manga artist.
Kamome Shirahama (白浜 鴎, Shirahama Kamome) is a Japanese freelance manga artist and illustrator. She is best known as…
Kamome Shirahama (白浜 鴎, Shirahama Kamome) is a Japanese freelance manga artist and illustrator. She is best known as the creator of her Witch Hat Atelier series. She has created variant covers and other illustrations for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and stories in the Star Wars franchise. She did the character designs for The Elder, part of the Star Wars: Visions short film series released in 2021, and she wrote the 2022 manga adaptation for it. She has also provided illustrations for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She has won and been nominated for multiple awards, including the Eisner Award, the Harvey Award, the Kodansha Manga Award, the Manga Taishō, the Daruma d'Or Manga at the Japan Expo Awards, the Mangawa Award, and the Prix Babelio.
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Bow Ditama (ぢたま(某), Ditama Bō) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for the creation of the Kissxsis…
Bow Ditama (ぢたま(某), Ditama Bō) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for the creation of the Kissxsis series. His first major commercial work was in collaboration with writer Bunjūrō Nakayama as the illustrator of Mahoromatic. He has been active since 1990, and started his career making hentai dōjinshi. His first work was the series I like, because I like in the hentai manga magazine Dolphin Comics, starting in 1994. He has penned six hentai manga (one, Kibun Kibun, being two volumes long and also adapted into an anime), and four general manga. He enjoys shōjo manga as well. Several of his series contain omorashi as a main element.
Akira Ito (伊藤 彰, Itō Akira) is a manga artist. Ito drew Yu-Gi-Oh! R while the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise…
Akira Ito (伊藤 彰, Itō Akira) is a manga artist. Ito drew Yu-Gi-Oh! R while the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, Kazuki Takahashi, came up with the storyline. Ito's drawing style is similar to Takahashi's. Ito later co-created Cardfight!! Vanguard in collaboration with Satoshi Nakamura (Duel Masters) and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani. Ito worked as a staff member for the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.
Natsume Akatsuki (暁なつめ, Akatsuki Natsume) is a Japanese light novel author and manga writer. He is best known as the…
Natsume Akatsuki (暁なつめ, Akatsuki Natsume) is a Japanese light novel author and manga writer. He is best known as the creator of the KonoSuba series.
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Satoru Noda (Japanese: 野田サトル, Hepburn: Noda Satoru) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the…
Satoru Noda (Japanese: 野田サトル, Hepburn: Noda Satoru) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Golden Kamuy, for which he won the 2016 Manga Taishō and the 2018 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Ryō Azumi (あずみ 椋, Azumi Ryō) is a Japanese manga artist whose works draw on Old Norse literature and other subjects…
Ryō Azumi (あずみ 椋, Azumi Ryō) is a Japanese manga artist whose works draw on Old Norse literature and other subjects from Northern Europe.
Kelly Kozumi Shinozawa (Japanese: ケリー篠沢) is a Japanese female manga artist. Shinozawa was born in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.…
Kelly Kozumi Shinozawa (Japanese: ケリー篠沢) is a Japanese female manga artist. Shinozawa was born in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. After studying Visual design at Nagoya Zokei Junior College of Art & Design, Nagoya, she started to published her Shōjo manga work in Shueisha's Ribon Original and Ribon magazines in 1990, using her pen name of Kozumi Shinozawa (Japanese: 篠沢こずみ). In 2002, Shinozawa moved to New York City, and studied Graphic design at Parsons School of Design, NYC. She was influenced by her roommate to embrace Christian faith, and was baptized at Japanese American United Church. From 2008, Shinozawa changed her pen name to Kelly Shinozawa. Her best known work is Manga Messiah and Manga Metamorphosis of the Manga Bible Series, that have been translated into twenty one languages of the world.
Tomato Soup (Japanese: トマトスープ) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for creating historical manga based on…
Tomato Soup (Japanese: トマトスープ) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for creating historical manga based on world history from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. In 2026, she won the Grand Prize in the Comics Category of the 55th Japan Cartoonists Association Award for A Witch's Life in Mongol.
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