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 ...

, known for being the author of many '' shōnen'' and '' shōnen-ai'' series, including ''

Dragon Knights is a manga series drawn by Mineko Ohkami and published in the monthly Japanese magazine ''Wings''. The manga was licensed in the United States by Tokyopop. The Tokyopop translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment. The seque ...

'' and ''

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''. Her

Pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

derives from the fact that she likes wolves and cats (ohkami = wolf; neko = cat)

Works

* (1990) * (1990,

Shinshokan Publishing is a Japanese publishing company. It was established on June 14, 1961. In April 2009, the US publisher Digital Manga Publishing announced a co-branding operation with Shinshokan, to license and manga from Shinshokan's ''Wings'', ''Dear'', and ...

); English translation: ''

'' (2002,

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed J ...

) * (1993) * ''Asuka²'' (1994) * (1995) * ''Kurseong South: The Forest of Black Tea'' (2006) * ''Dragon Kishidan Gaiden: One Day, Another Day'' (2007) * ''Strawberry Palace'' (2008) * (2009) * (2014)

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* Living people Manga artists from Nagasaki Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people) {{manga-artist-stub