(born 18 March 1957 in Niigata,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

) is a Japanese '' shōjo''

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 made her professional debut in 1977 in ''

Bessatsu Shōjo Comic , known as before 2000, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It was conceived as a or "special issue" of its sister magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. It is released on the 13th of each month. Serializations Current * '' ...

'' and she has written

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 ...

mainly for ''

Flower Comics is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hi ...

''. She is best known for ''

Makoto Call! is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series by Kazuko Fujita. The series first appeared in July 1990 on the 15th issue of the semimonthly ''Shōjo Comic''. It won the 37th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. While shōjo, the series has elements of ...

'' about a girl who plays volleyball, for which she received the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. In 2007, her was dramatized on CTV in Taiwan as '' Romantic Princess''. Other series by her include Silver and Gold. Silver is a manga adaptation of a book by Penny Jordan, bearing the same title. Gold is based on Ann Major's novel, "Secret Child."

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Momoka Typhoon is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Kazuko Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Shōjo Comic'' from 1987 to 1989. Shogakukan collected the manga into seven volumes under its Flower Comics ...

'' (1987-1989) *''

'' (1990-1992)

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