is a

female Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gamet ...

Japanese

yaoi ''Yaoi'' (; ja, やおい ), also known by the ''wasei-eigo'' construction and its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features Homoeroticism, homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typi ...

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 ...

born in the

Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

. She is known for the young appearance of her bishounen character designs and for her "extreme" sex scenes. Her debut work was "Strawberry Children". Haruka Minami is also known by her debut name Kazuka Minami (南かずか Minami Kazuka) and she is the author of many

erotic Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, scul ...

manga, including My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor and Flowered Virgin Soil. As of lately, she seems to prefer writing under Haruka Minami over Kazuka Minami. She is a notable seller of

doujinshi , also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of '' doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created by ...

at Comiket under the names "MECCA" and "Panis AngeLics", which comes from a misspelling of

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. Minami also provides illustrations for BL novels. She was to be a guest at

Yaoi-Con Yaoi-Con (sometimes YaoiCon) was an annual three-day anime convention, founded in 2001, aimed at fans of yaoi-related anime, manga, and other aspects of Asian culture. It typically took place during the Fall in California. Since the 2012 edition, ...

2009, but had to pull out due to ill health.

Works

* ''Strawberry Children'' * ''Forbidden Sweet Fruit'' * ''Immoral Love Sickness'' * ''Koibito Shigan'' * '' My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor'' * ''

Love a la Carte! Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...

'' (

Central Park Media Central Park Media, often abbreviated as CPM, was an American multimedia entertainment company based in New York City, New York and was headquartered in the 250 West 57th Street building in Midtown Manhattan (on the corner of Central Park, hence ...

, now published by

Animate USA Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...

) * Hanairo Virgin Soil

Works (plus some under the name Minami Haruka)

*Aisaretatte Nugimasen. *Anata no Tsubomi o Osewa Shimasu! *Bitter - Kare no Hisoyaka na Seppun *Child Epicurean *Dannasama to Mitsugetsuchuu *Digimon Adventure 02 dj - Porcelain *Digimon Adventure 02 dj - Prime *Egotist na Seishokusha *Furachi na Kare no Shitsukekata *Gundam Wing dj - Baby Pink *Gundam Wing dj - Crystallize *Gundam Wing dj - Marmalade Kiss *Gundam Wing dj - Monopolize *Gundam Wing dj - Porcelain *Haitoku no Love Sick *Hanairo Virgin Soil *Honey Boys Spiral *Hyper Eroticism Fanbook *J-BOY by Biblos *Junk! Boys *Kiken na Hokeni Counselor *Kimi de Oboreta Ato wa *Kindan no Amai Kajitsu *Kiri no Gakuen Series *Kohitsuji Hokaku Keikaku! *Koibito Shigan *Love Cure *Love Healing *Love Kitchen *Love Material *Love Pet *Love Rental *Love Sweat *Making Love Like Newlyweds *Masochist Warning *Mayoeru Shomin Ai no Te o *Momo Mimi Pheromone *Nijou na Koi no Kakehiki *No Toy *Osananajimi Kussetsuritsu *Pink Lace na Kare *Renai à la Carte! *S-ka Chuuihou! *Saihate no Kimi e *Sailor Moon dj - Colorful Moon 8 shorts *Sailor Moon dj - Crystal Planet H&M *Sailor Moon dj - Sky Fish, Sea Bird *Senzoku de Aishite *Sexy Aroma Night *Skin Cream de Nurashite *Strawberry Children *Strip *Sweet - Kare no Amai Amai Aji *Sweet Erogenous *Sweet Meats * Tonari no Heya no Paranoia *Yuri Hime Wildrose *Zetsuai Bronze dj - Daisuki! 2 *Zetsuai Bronze dj - Sasayakana Yuuwaku

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