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 ...

. Sakuraba's best-known work is ''

Minami-ke is a Japanese manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, creator of '' Kyō no Go no Ni''. It was first serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' in March 2004. The slice of life comedy focuses on the everyday lif ...

'', a slice-of-life comedy about three sisters, which has run in ''Young Magazine'' since 2004 and has been adapted into an anime that has run multiple seasons. Sakuraba's other works include ''

Kyō no Go no Ni is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series created by Koharu Sakuraba, the author of ''Minami-ke''. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'' from 2002 to 2003, and the twenty-two chapters were later collected togeth ...

'' (Today in Class 5-2), which also had an anime run; and ''Sonna Mirai wa Uso de Aru'' (The Future Is a Lie).

Works

* ''

'' – serialized in ''Bessatsu Young Magazine'', 2002–2003; published by

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

for 1 volume. * ''

'' – serialized in ''

Young Magazine is a Japanese weekly anthology magazine published in Tokyo each Monday by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at the adult male ( ''seinen'') demographic. It was published bimonthly (under the title ), on the seco ...

'', 2004–ongoing; published by Kodansha for 18 volumes. * – serialized in ''

Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine is a Japanese monthly manga magazine published by Kōdansha. The magazine was started in September 2009 as a spin-off of another Kōdansha magazine, ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine''. Currently running manga series Past series * '' ×××Holi ...

'', 2009–2016; published by Kodansha for 6 volumes.

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Koharu Sakuraba
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