Yukiko Kai (, ''Kai Yukiko'', 21 September 1954 - 12 December 1980) (ja) ''Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten'' 2009, p.825.(ja

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'' artist. Her real name was Kimiko Kaihatsu (, ''Kaihatsu Kimiko''). She is considered a member of the Post Year 24 Group. Although she died young, her works are still analyzed. Manga artist

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is her younger sister.

Biography

Born in

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, Kai graduated from a high school and entered a company where she worked for one year. She joined the manga coterie magazine ''Ravuri'' which her friend

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operated when she was in high school. In 1973, she went to Tokyo and became a manga assistant of

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, and lived in Hagio's house. Kai debuted in the Spring issue of '' Bessatsu Viva Princess'' (the first issue of this magazine) in

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for her work ''Anasutashia no Sutekina Otonari (Nice Next-door Neighbor of Anastasia)''. She published the stories of the "''Shiki series''" (Seasons series) and the "''Anastasia series''" in the magazine ''Gekkan Princess'' and ''Bonita''. In 1979, when

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, Yukiko Kai, Akiko Jō and

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visited the Europe, they participated in the 37th

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, Seacon '79 at

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Retrieved 14 October 2019. After published ''Ryokuin Kōro'' in the Summer issue of ''Bessatsu Viva Princess'' in 1980, Kai spent time under medical treatment at a hospital in Kanazawa city. She died on 12 December 1980 of

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at a hospital in Kanazawa. The story which was contributed to the collaboration manga ''Kyōdai Jingi'' is her last work.

Style of works

Kai read Japanese fantastic novels and works such as those by

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, Hideo Nakai ( JA) and Kunio Tsukamoto ( JA) etc.(ja
kanazawa diary
"Kai Yukiko and Nō - Dialogue between Kai and

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" (personal blog), Retrieved 14 October 2019. She was largely affected by these fantastic works. Kai wrote various genres of manga stories. But she loved Fantasy and Science fiction. Many of her works are classified in these genres.

Works

Princess comics

There are nine books of Yukiko Kai published by

Akita bunko

There are six ''

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'' books of Yukiko Kai published by Akita Shoten. In this bunkobon version, even if the title of book is same as that of Princess comics version, the stories contained are different.

Others

Notes and references

References

* (ja)

& Ran Ishidō ''Nihon Gensō Sakka Jiten'', Kokusho Kankokai, (2009), p. 825 * (ja
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"Hana ni Nemure" Retrieved 14 October 2019. * (ja) ''Daisukidatta! Shōjo manga, '70-nendai-hen'', 23 July 2014, Akita Shoten,

External links

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"Hana ni Nemure", fan-site {{DEFAULTSORT:Kai, Yukiko 1954 births 1980 deaths Manga artists People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Japanese women artists 20th-century Japanese women artists