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of a Japanese

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active since 1998. Under the name , she writes

boys love , also known by its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivale ...

and girls love manga while under Mikiyo Tsuda she writes

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

- shōjo manga.Afterword section in the

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version of '' The Day of Revolution'', volume 1.

Biography

Tsuda is from

Fukui Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 737,229 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,190 Square kilometre, km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture border ...

. Her reasons for using more than one pen name was to keep the fact that she drew manga centered on

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relationships from her family, though they eventually found out anyway. Many manga artists often adopt artistic

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s for themselves in order to represent themselves in sections of their manga not attributed to the story, as in an author's note section. Mikiyo Tsuda's persona is that of a

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wearing a red

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with a bell at its center. One of her friends, and also a fellow manga artist, is

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. They often co-author manga together, display their art together, and have autograph sessions together. Eiki Eiki has sometimes acted as Taishi Zaō's'' manager.

Works

Written as Mikiyo Tsuda

*'' The Day of Revolution'' (1999) *'' Family Complex'' (2000) *'' Princess Princess'' (2002) **'' Princess Princess +'' (2006) *'' Atsumare! Gakuen Tengoku'' (2008)

Written as Taishi Zaō

*''

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'' (1998) *'' Koi wa Ina Mono Myōna Mono'' (2002) *'' Bokutachi wa Asu ni Mukatte Ikiru no da'' (2005) *'' Aruji no Ōse no Mama ni'' (2005) *''

Brothers Battle A brother (: brothers or brethren) is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly ...

'' *''Her'' - included in ''Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu''

Co-authored with Eiki Eiki

*''

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'' (1999) *''

Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu is a Japanese erotic romance '' yuri'' manga written by Eiki Eiki and illustrated by Taishi Zaou. It was serialized on ''Yuri Shimai'' and ''Comic Yuri Hime'' and published in a single volume by Ichijinsha. It was published in English on JMang ...

'' (2007) - a collection of stories that were serialized in ''

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'', such as ''She-Wolf'' and ''First Kiss''. *''

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'' (2009) *''

Love Stage!! is a Japanese ''yaoi'' manga series written by Eiki Eiki and illustrated by Taishi Zaō. It began serialization in the July 2010 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's ''Asuka Ciel'' magazine. The manga is licensed in North America by SuBLime. A spin ...

'' (2010) *''

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'' (2010)

References

External links

Mikiyo Tsuda's personal website
Japanese female comics artists Japanese female comics writers Living people Women manga artists Manga artists from Fukui Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-artist-stub