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 ...

who specializes in ''shōjo'' manga. Yū Yabuchi's most famous works are ''

Mizuiro Jidai is Japanese manga series which was serialized in 1991 by Shogakukan. in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Ciao''. A 47-episode anime television series based on the manga was produced by NAS and TV Tokyo and animated by Studio Comet; it aired ...

'', '' Shōjo-Shōnen'', and '' Naisho no Tsubomi''. The main focus of her

manga 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 u ...

are the emotional and psychological growth of preteen girls and boys and early romances between them. Her works are popular among preteen and teenage girls. She received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for ''Naisho no Tsubomi''. Her favorites subjects to draw are trains and

birds Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

(especially the Java sparrow).

Works

* ''Ani-Com'' * ''Chiko no Negai'' * ''Dolly Kanon'' * ''EVE Shōjo no Tamago'' * ''Gekikawa Devil'' * ''Hatsukoi Shinan'' * ''Hitohira no Koi ga Furu'' * ''Karen'' * ''Kimi ga Mai Orite Kita'' * ''Kimi ni Straight'' * ''Koi wo Kanaderu Kisetsu'' * ''Mahochū!'' * ''Midori no Tsubasa'' * ''

'' * '' Naisho no Tsubomi'' * ''Ocharakahoi'' * ''Ojōsama ni wa Kanawanai'' * ''Onegai! Maruchi-kun'' * ''Pure Pure'' * ''Shōjo Shōnen'' * ''Sorairo Memorial'' * ''Tonda Shinkiroku''

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Supporting Yū Yabuchi
(fansite, Japanese) * 1969 births Living people Women manga artists Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture People from Nishinomiya Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers {{manga-artist-stub