Yumi Tsukirino (born January 5, 1950) 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 ...

born in

Saitama Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

. Representative works are ''

Magical Pokémon Journey ''Magical Pokémon Journey'', originally published in Japan as , is a shōjo manga series set in the fictional universe of the '' Pokémon'' franchise. The manga is by Yumi Tsukirino and serialized by Shogakukan in the manga magazine '' Ciao'' ...

'' and ''

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''. Nicknamed YOji, she previously used the pen name (which is pronounced the same as her current name but uses different

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). In addition to creating the art for the OSTER project albums, she has also created art for singles such as Miracle Paint.

Awards

* 37th , girl/ladies department

List of works

Serialised

(as , published in Ciao July 1997 – February 2003) * (as , published in Ciao March 2003 – September 2006) * (published as in Shōgaku Sannensei November 2004 – March 2005 and Shōgaku Yonensei January 2005 – March 2005, later published as in Shōgaku Ichinensei April 2005 – March 2008, Shōgaku Ninensei November 2004 – December 2007, Shōgaku Sannensei November 2004 – August 2007, Shōgaku Yonensei April 2004 – March 2008 and Vol. 1 – Vol. 6) * (Shōgaku Sannensei September 2007 – March 2008, Shōgaku Gonensei May 2005 – February 2007) * (Putchi-gumi Vol. 9 – Vol. 11) * (published in Shōgaku Ninensei April 2009 – July 2009, Shōgaku Sannensei October 2008 – August 2009, Shōgaku Yonensei May 2008 – July 2009 and Shōgaku Gonensei June 2008 – July 2009)

Short stories

* (debut work in Ciao March 1996) * (Ciao DX supplementary spring 1996 issue) * (Ciao DX supplementary summer 1996 issue) * (extra issue included with Ciao in September 1996) * (Ciao January 1997) * (Ciao DX supplementary winter 1997 issue) * (Ciao May 1997) * (Ciao DX supplementary autumn issue 2000) * (Ciao DX supplementary spring issue 2001) * (Ciao DX supplementary summer 2001 issue) * (Ciao DX supplementary autumn issue 2001) * (Ciao DX supplementary winter issue 2001) * (Ciao DX supplementary spring issue 2002) * (Ciao DX supplementary summer issue 2002) * (Ciao DX supplementary winter issue 2003) * (Ciao DX supplementary early summer issue 2003) * (Ciao DX supplementary summer issue 2003) * (Ciao DX supplementary autumn issue 2003) * (Ciao DX supplementary summer issue 2006) All made as .

Animated series

* (in charge of storyboards since the episode aired in April 2008)

Paperback volumes

(as ): 10 volumes (published by Shōgakukan under the brand Flower Comics Special) * (as ): 3 volumes (published by Shōgakukan under the brand Flower Comics) * (as ): 1 volume (published by Shōgakukan in May 2002 under the brand Flower Comics) * (as ): 1 volume (published by Shōgakukan in October 2003 under the brand Flower Comics) * : 5 volumes (published by Shōgakukan under the brand Tentōmushi Comics) * : 3 volumes (published by Shōgakukan under the brand Pikkapika Comics) * : 2 volumes (published by Shōgakukan under the brand Tentōmushi Comics Special)

Non-Japanese publications

Her

has been partially published in the US by

Viz Media VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ M ...

, in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

in English by

Chuang Yi Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd. ( zh, s=创艺出版社) was a publishing company based in Singapore that specialized in producing domestic and imported comics and comics-related merchandise in English and simplified Chinese. Chuang Yi distributed ...

, in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Egmont Manga & Anime Egmont Manga (EMA, formerly ''Egmont Manga & Anime'') is one of the largest publishers of manga in Germany. It was founded in 2000 as a daughter company of Egmont Ehapa, after the manga boom in Germany became apparent around the turn of the mil ...

and in

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by Glénat. ''

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'' has also been published in English by VizKids. Her Stitch! manga has been published in the US by

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 ...

References

External links

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Magical Pokémon Journey Website
(Archive)
PiPiPi Website:Japanese

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