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 bef ...

who is best known for creating the romantic comedy ''shōjo'' manga ''

High School Debut is a '' shōjo'' romance manga by . It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2003 to 2008 and collected in 13 bound volumes. The series was adapted as a drama CD, a series of six light novels written by Yū Kuram ...

'' (''Koukou Debut''). Kawahara has also published and authored several other manga series, most notably ''Ai no Tame ni'' and '' Aozora Yell'', and mostly specialises in the genre of

romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

Works

Manga

*''Shiawase no Kanzume'' – 1 volume, 1993 *''Tensei '' – 1 volume, 1993 *''Nakitaku Nattara Oshiete ne'' – 1 volume, 1995 *''500 Mile'' – 1 volume, 1996 *''Shuugaku Ryokou '' – 1 volume, 1996 *''Sensei!'' – 20 volumes, 1996–2007 - adapted to a live action film

My Teacher is a Japanese romantic drama film directed by Takahiro Miki and based on the manga series of the same name written by Kazune Kawahara. Plot Second year high school student and archery enthusiast Hibiki Shimada has never felt romantic love all ...

in 2017 *''Platinum Snow'' – 1 volume, 2000 *''Ai no Tame ni'' – 1 volume, 2002 *''

(Koukou Debut)'' – 13 volumes, 2003–2008 - adapted to a

live action film Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ga ...

in 2011 *'' Aozora Yell'' – 19 volumes, 2008–2015 - adapted to a

in 2016 *''Enren Debut '' – 2009 (oneshot, sequel of Koukou Debut) *''Tomodachi no Hanashi'' – 1 volume, 2010 *'' Ore Monogatari!!'' – 13 volumes, 2011–2016 *''Mayuge no Kakudo wa 45° de'' – 2013 (single chapter, crossover from "Aozora Yell" and "Kimi ni Todoke") *'' Suteki na Kareshi'' – 14 volumes, 2016–2020

Adaptation for comics

*''Muteki no Love Power'' – 1 volume, 2005 *''Kimi ga Sukida Kara!!'' – 1 volume, 2005 *''Koukou Debut'' – re-released, 8 volumes, 2012

Light novels

Kawahara's series has also been adapted as a collection of six

light novels A light novel (, Hepburn: ''raito noberu'') is a style of young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a '' wasei-eigo'', or a Japanese term formed from words in the English languag ...

written by and illustrated by Kazune Kawahara. They were published by Shueisha under its Cobalt imprint starting in June 2007. # , published 28 June 2007 () # , published 1 August 2007 () # , published 1 November 2007 () # , published 26 December 2007 () # , published 1 April 2008 () # , published 2 September 2008 () - This is an original story, and not an adaptation.

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List of Works at ShueishaKazune Kawahara in the natalie.mu
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