is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. She is most notable for creating the manga adaptions of

Yoshiki Tanaka is a Japanese novelist. Early life and education He was born in Hondo, Kumamoto, Hondo, Kumamoto Prefecture and took his doctorate degree in Japanese Language and Literature in the Graduate School of Gakushuin University, Gakushūin Universit ...

light novels, ''

Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. In humanity's distant fu ...

'', as well as illustrating the

Tokuma Shoten is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, m ...

release of ''

Tytania is a Japanese space opera novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka between 1988 and 2015 and released in five volumes. The series is about people who try to liberate the galaxy from the rule of the Tytania-clan and seek refuge with a rebel forc ...

'', and for the

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 ...

series ''

Ai no Kusabi is a Japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara. Originally serialized in the magazine '' Shōsetsu June'' between December 1986 and October 1987, the story was collected into a hardbound novel that was released in Japan in 1990, and eventua ...

''. She won the 21st

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for best art in 1990.

Works

* ::Role: illustrations * ::The manga edition is authored by Katsumi Michihara, and is derived from the first two volumes of the original-novel. This manga story is faithful to the original, possibly more faithful than the anime. However, there are some changes that could be considered major, e.g. the gender of a character is changed. Akira Kasahara is cooperating in drawing mechanics. ::Role: story & art (original story by Tanaka Yoshiki) * ::Japanese novel written by Rieko Yoshihara, originally serialized in the yaoi magazine ''Shousetsu June'' between December 1986 and October 1987. ::Role: illustrations * ::Manga by Yuu Asagi, published between 1987-2004. ::Role: illustrations * :Three japanese light novel series written by Yoshiki Tanaka between 1988 and 1991. :Role: illustrations (Tokuma Shoten) * ::Manga written and illustrated by Michihara Katsumi, released in 1990. ::Role: story & art

References

External links

*http://chotto.art.coocan.jp/ *
Entry
in the Encyclopedia of Science FIction {{DEFAULTSORT:Michihara, Katsumi Living people 1958 births Japanese illustrators Manga artists from Hiroshima Prefecture