is a Japanese
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 ...
, who often works in adult
hentai
Hentai is anime and manga pornography. A loanword from Japanese, the original term ( ) does not describe a genre of media, but rather an abnormal sexual desire or act, as an abbreviation of . In addition to anime and manga, hentai works exis ...
manga.
Career
Naruko's career began in 2002 with the release of his first work, ''Hitai'' ("forehead"), in
Comic Kairakuten
''Comic Kairakuten'' ( ja, COMIC快楽天) is a hentai manga magazine published by Wanimagazine. It is one of the most popular magazines of its type in Japan. The magazine is published online in English by FAKKU.
Comic
The magazine was created ...
. His first
tankōbon
is the Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...
collection of hentai manga, ''
Shōjo Material'', was published by
Wanimagazine
is a Japanese publisher founded on September 10, 1971 and based in Shinjuku, Tokyo which specializes in hentai manga magazines.
Comic Kairakuten
, published by WANIMAGAZINE CO., LTD, Is Japan’s biggest selling ero (hentai) manga monthly ma ...
on June 30, 2008, and scored a big hit,
becoming the highest selling adult manga of 2008.
Naruko also works in other fields. In 2005, he drew the manga adaptation of the popular anime, ''
Kamichu!
is a Japanese anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. How ...
'', which was later translated into French. Naruko is the original character designer for the anime ''
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuya Murata, and aired between April and June 2013. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Newtype Ace'' magazine in January 2013.
...
'',
and he also designed the characters for ''
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-
''A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-'' is a Japanese science fiction original net animation (ONA) anime series produced by Bones. The series premiered worldwide on Netflix on March 9, 2018. A manga adaptation by Hiroaki Michiaki has run in '' Monthly Shō ...
''.
His work is characterized by mostly full-colored pages, realistically drawn characters, and vivid backgrounds.
Works
Books
* ''
Kamichu!
is a Japanese anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. How ...
'' ベサメムーチョ（落越友則、舛成孝二、倉田英之の合同ペンネーム）原作。2005年 - 2007年、月刊コミック電撃大王（メディアワークス）連載 全2巻）
* ''
Shōjo Material'' (2008年、ワニマガジン社 )
Comics not collected in books
* ネネ（2003年 - 10話まで（連載中断）、COMIC快楽天（ワニマガジン社）連載）
*エレベーターアクション(2004年、COMIC失楽天 12月号)
*クラスメイド(2005年、COMIC快楽天 02月号)
*でこぼこ(2005年、COMIC快楽天 04月号)
*ふたり(2005年、COMIC快楽天 05月号)
*TRYあんぐる(2005年、COMIC快楽天 09月号)
*スーサイドライン(2005年、COMIC失楽天 09月号)
*BOY or CHICKEN? (2006年、COMIC快楽天 02月号)
*ふとんぶ (2006年、COMIC快楽天 06月号)
*はだかの学校 (2006年、COMIC快楽天 10月号)
*クラスメイド マニアックス (2007年、COMIC快楽天 02月号)
*ぱらそる (2007年、COMIC失楽天 09月号)
*りぞらば (2007年、COMIC快楽天 10月号)
*なめねこ (2008年、COMIC快楽天 02月号)
*BiKiNi (2008年、COMIC快楽天 10月号)
References
External links
Personal website
Living people
Manga artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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