is a Japanese
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 is best known for the manga series ''
The Kindaichi Case Files
is a Japanese detective fiction, mystery manga series about the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous (fictional) private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. Written b ...
'' and ''
Detective School Q''. In 1995, she received the
Kodansha Manga Award
is one of Japan's major manga awards. The event is sponsored by publisher Kodansha. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga in its third iteration since 1977.
Categories
The award was originally called the until 1968. In 1970, it was ...
for her work on ''The Kindaichi Case Files''.
References
External links
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Profile at The Ultimate Manga Page
Official Blog
Living people
1965 births
Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture
Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōnen)
People from Saitama (city)
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