is a Japanese ''shōjo''

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. Her debut was in 1987 with the story ''Namida no Message'', published in the Autumn issue of

Ribon Original was a Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha. It was a sister magazine of ''Ribon'', and was published from 1981 until 2006. New and up-and-coming ''Ribon'' manga artists often had their first short stories published in this magazine. E ...

. She has since published her

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

Ribon is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shueisha on the third of each month. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are ''Nakayoshi'' and '' Ciao''. Its target audience is girls roughly 8–14 years old. It is one of the best-s ...

and its spin-off magazines. Notable works by her are ''Baby Love'' and ''

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''. The former was adapted into an

OVA , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

, screened at a Ribon event and its video later given away as part of Ribon's mail order service.

Works

* (1990, serialized in ''

'',

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

) * (1990, serialized in ''Ribon'', Shueisha) * (1992–1993, Shueisha) * (1994–1995, Shueisha) (2008, reprint Shueisha) * (1996–1999, serialized in ''Ribon'', Shueisha) (2007, reprint Shueisha) * (2000–2002, serialized in ''Ribon'', Shueisha) * (2001, Shueisha) * (2003, serialized in ''Ribon'', Shueisha) * (2006, Shueisha)

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* Manga artists from Ehime Prefecture Living people 1969 births Female comics writers {{Manga-artist-stub