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 ...

. She debuted professionally in 2009, producing '' yaoi''

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 ...

for various magazines. Her 2010 series, ''Kimi Note'', became her first breakthrough hit. In 2013, Junko released her first '' shōjo'' series ''

Kiss Him, Not Me ''Kiss Him, Not Me'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese romantic comedy '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Junko. It was serialzed in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Friend'' magazine from April 2013 to February 2018. Fourteen ''tan ...

'', which won Best Shōjo Manga at the 40th

Kodansha Manga Awards is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: '' shōnen'', '' shōjo'', and general. The awards began in 1977, initially w ...

Career

Junko grew up reading '' yaoi'' manga and also drew ''yaoi'' fan art. She debuted professionally in 2009, creating manga for various ''yaoi'' magazines, and in 2010, ''Kimi Note'' became her first breakthrough hit. A staff member from '' Bessatsu Friend'' invited her to work on a series for their magazine after reading her works. After deciding on an ''otome'' game concept with, under Eiki Eiki's suggestion, jokes about the '' fujoshi'' culture, Junko created ''

''. ''Kiss Him, Not Me'' was critically acclaimed, winning Best Shōjo Manga at the 40th

and surveyed as one of the best shōjo series in '' Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' in 2015. After she ended the series in 2019, she began publishing ''Star-Crossed!!'' in ''Bessatsu Friend''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Junko Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Manga artists from Kanagawa Prefecture Women manga artists Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Japanese women writers