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 ...

and

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. Her work ''

Himegoto , also known as ''Secret Princess'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norio Tsukudani. It was originally serialized in Ichijinsha's ''Waai!'' magazine, but was later featured in three additional magazines published by Ich ...

'' has been adapted into an

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which began airing in Japan in July 2014. She also took charge of the illustrations for '' Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: Hitoribotchi no Diva'', one of the manga adaptations for ''

Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai ''A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by August and released on January 25, 2013 for Windows as a DVD. The gameplay in ''Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai'' follows a branching pl ...

'', an

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visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...

developed by

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. She hosts a

dōjin circle In Japan, is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as "clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in "sewing circle"). Self-published creative works produced b ...

named . She also voiced one of her own characters in her anime Himegoto. She also streams on

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Inuyama Tamaki (). The character is an ''

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'', a male who is cute and feminine, which parallels themes in Tsukudani's own works. She has also collabed with various other virtual YouTubers on their streams. She later created her own Vtuber agency named Tsukudani Norio Production (NoriPro) ran mostly by herself. On 16 April 2021, as Inuyama Tamaki, she announced on Twitter that she had married a company owner during the month prior. On 17 April, she held a livestream, again announcing her marriage and showing her ring, as well as to commemorate and communicate with her fans.

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NoriPro official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsukudani, Norio Japanese illustrators Manga artists from Niigata Prefecture People from Nagaoka, Niigata Living people 1993 births