is the

pen name A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...

of a Japanese four-panel

manga artist A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...

. She made her professional

manga 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 history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

debut with ''Okusama Shinkaron'' in 1988. Her most famous work is '' OL Shinkaron''. She won the 8th

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

in 2004.

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Women manga artists Manga artists from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese female comics writers Japanese female comics artists 1957 births Living people Kansai University alumni Winners of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Short Story Award) 20th-century Japanese women writers 20th-century Japanese writers {{Manga-artist-stub