is a Japanese illustrator who helped to influence the

Gothic Lolita is a subculture from Japan that is highly influenced by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period. A very distinctive property of Lolita fashion is the aesthetic of cuteness. This clothing subculture can be categorized into three ...

look through her illustrations, particularly as the cover illustrator for the first eight volumes of the ''

Gothic & Lolita Bible is a quarterly Japanese fashion "mook", a combination of a magazine and book, which focuses on the Gothic and Lolita fashion is a subculture from Japan that is highly influenced by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period. A ...

''. In 1994, she won a contest in the Japanese

manga magazine 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 used ...

Feel Young ''Feel Young'' is a monthly josei manga magazine published by Shodensha in Japan. Manga artists whose stories have run in this magazine include Moyoco Anno, Mitsue Aoki, Mitsukazu Mihara, Kiriko Nananan, Mari Okazaki, Erica Sakurazawa, Ebine Yama ...

'' with her debut , later published by

Shodensha is a Japanese publisher of mostly non-fiction magazines and books, though it has recently begun publishing light novels and manga, including magazines which contain both. Shodensha publishes magazines such as ''Feel Young'' (a josei all-manga ma ...

in her short story collection . She resides in

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Bibliography

Manga

*
(1994–97,

, 1 volume, ; English translation, 2007) *
(1994–98, Shodensha, 3 volumes) *
(1997–2001, Shodensha, 1 volume, ; English translation, 2006) *
(1998–2002, Shodensha, 6 volumes; English translation, 2004) *
(1998–2002, Shodensha, 1 volume, ; English translation, 2006) *'' R.I.P.: Requiem in Phonybrian''
(1999–2000, 1 volume; English translation, 2006) *
(2002–05, ''

'', Shodensha, 5 volumes; English translation, 2006) *
(5 volumes; 5th volume; ) *
(2006, Shodensha, 1 volume, ) Source:

Art collections

*Alice Addict *Chocolate

Card box

*Coffin of Fools

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihara, Mitsukazu 1970 births Living people People from Hiroshima Lolita fashion Japanese female comics artists Japanese women illustrators Women manga artists Female comics writers 20th-century Japanese women writers 21st-century Japanese women writers