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 bef ...
. Kodaka made her debut in 1989 in the magazine ''
Weekly Shōnen Champion
is a Japanese ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Akita Shoten.
History
''Shōnen Champion'' was first published on July 15, 1969. It has had numerous popular series by manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai, Shinji Mizushima, Masa ...
'' with ''Sessa Takuma!''.
[ She mainly writes manga in the ]Boys Love
''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 homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created ...
genre, featuring homosexual relationships between men for women, and has been described as "a pioneer and top-ranked artist" in the genre. She decided to enter the Boys Love genre as a result of reading parody manga with 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 homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created ...
themes, finding them "more interesting" than regular ''shōjo'' manga and more psychologically complex than ''shōnen'' manga.[ She has also written many '']dojinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of ''doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created by ...
'' which are famous, but difficult to obtain, from the series ''Prince of Tennis
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in forty-two ''tankōbon'' volumes. ...
'', ''Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected th ...
'', '' Hikaru no Go'', '' Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo'' and ''Slam Dunk
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''. She designed the characters for the ''My Sexual Harassment
is a novel and anime by Sakura Momo,Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. '' The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917''. — Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2006. — P. 437. — with charac ...
'' OVA. She taught herself how to draw, but one of her design influences is Rumiko Takahashi
is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with '' Urusei Yatsura'' in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have ...
.Sanami Matoh
is a Japanese manga artist born in 1969. She debuted in 1990 with ''Next to an Angel'' published by Akita Shoten. Her other works include ''Fake'', '' By the Sword'', and ''Black x Blood''. She taught Kazuma Kodaka
is a Japanese manga arti ...
, author of ''Fake
Fake may refer to:
* Deception, an act or a statement intended to deceive
** Charlatan, a person who practices deception to obtain money or other advantages
** Counterfeit, a reproduction of an item, intended to deceive
** Cover-up, an attempt to ...
''.
Works
*''Ikumen After''
*''Border''
*''Ren ai Hōteishiki''
*'' Kizuna: Bonds of Love''
*''Hana to Ryū
is a yaoi manga, authored by Kazuma Kodaka. In Japan, a total of eleven volumes were published first by Biblos and then by Libre Publishing between December 1992 and September 2008. In North America, the series was partially released in En ...
''
*''Sessa Takuma
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**Roman Catholic Diocese of Sessa Aurunca
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*'' Kimera''
*''Kusatta Kyōshi no Hōteishiki''
*''Sebiro no Housekeeper''
*''Boku No Sexual Harassment''
*''Sex Therapist''
*''Mezase Hero!''
*''Not Ready?! Sensei''
*''Midare Somenishi''
*''Ihōjin Etranger''
*''Chocomint''
References
Further reading
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External links
Official site
(Japanese)
(Japanese)
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1969 births
Living people
Japanese female comics artists
Women manga artists
Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture