is a Japanese

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. She debuted in 2000 with a

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in ''

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'' before publishing a full series in ''

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''. Following that series completion, she launched ''

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'' in ''

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''.

Biography

Kazue Kato was born on July 20, 1980 in

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. She has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister. In high school, she had aspirations to be an animator. However, her dad did not feel she was serious enough about it, so he sent her to college. However, she left college and decided to become a manga artist instead. After publishing several one-shots, she made her first full series, ''Robo to Usakichi''. It was serialized in ''

'' from 2005 to 2007. Following ''Robo to Usakichi''s completion, she was approached by the editorial department of ''

'' to serialize a manga in the magazine. She eventually developed ''

'', which started serialization in ''Jump Square'' on April 4, 2009. The seventh volume of the series had an initial print run of one million copies; the series was the first manga in ''Jump Square'' to achieve such a feat. In the first half of 2017, the series was the eleventh best selling manga in Japan. The series has also been given numerous adaptations, including an anime series that ran for two seasons and a film. In 2020, she did the character designs for the ''

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'' television series. In July 2021, she announced ''Blue Exorcist'' would be put on hiatus so she could launch a manga adaptation of

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's ''Eizen Karukaya Kaiitan'' novel series.

Influences

Kato has cited

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's '' Berserk'' as a major influence over her work, specifically the relationship between Guts, Griffith, and Casca.

Works

Manga

* (2000) (

published in ''

'') * (2005–2007) (serialized in ''

'') * (2009–present) (serialized in ''

'') * (2021–2022) (adaptation of the novel series by

, serialized in ''Jump Square'')

Other

* (2021) (character designs)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kato, Kazue 1980 births Living people Manga artists from Tokyo Women manga artists