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is a Japanese

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. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko, from whom he took the name of . She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in

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with her husband and daughter.

Profile

She began her career as a

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artist creating dōjinshi for works such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Maōden''. She debuted in a commercial magazine with the original work ''Metal Heart'' (serialized in

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's ''Comic VAL'' from November 1986). After her debut, she continued to contribute on numerous dōjin works. However, the later disbanding of a dōjin circle, Yajō Teikoku, she had founded with Maki Chikura, led to her taking numerous breaks from her commercial works. Due to this, there were incomplete works penned by her during this period. During her years in middle school, she had been a fan of

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's manga series '' Ring ni Kakero'', ''

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'', ''

'' (all serialized in ''

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'') and ''

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'' (serialized in ''

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''), sending Kurumada numerous fan letters asking to meet him, after which Kurumada finally agreed, inviting her to his workplace. When asked about her penname in an interview in the September 2006 issue of ''Puff'', she responded that she had originally thought of making it Jun Kōga, but subsequently changed it to Yun Kōga. Among her noted works is ''

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'', which has been serialized in ''

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'' since 2002 and is ongoing, as well as her work . She has also worked as an illustrator on the noted literary magazine ''

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''. In 2007, she contributed the character designs to the

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series, ''

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''.

Manga works

Unfinished/current works

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'' (LOVELESS) 2001– *''Tenshichō'' (天使庁) 2002–2007 *''Kill Me'' (KILL ME) 2003–2006 *''Satō-kun and Tanaka-san -The blood highschool'' (佐藤くんと田中さん -The blood highschool) 2007– # *''Kurumada Suidoken Hero of Heroes'' (車田水滸伝 HERO OF HEROES) 2013– #

Completed works

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(Akuma no Riddle)'' 2012–2016 *'' Earthian'' (アーシアン) 1987–1995 *''Saffron Zero Beat'' (サフラン・ゼロ・ビート) 1988–1991 *''Kodomotachi wa Yoru no Juunin'' (子供たちは夜の住人) 1988–1990 # # *''Rōrakaizā'' (ローラカイザー) 1988–1993 # # # # *''REN AI - Renai -'' (REN-AI 恋愛) 1989–1999 # # # *''You're My Only Shinin' Star'' (You're My Only Shinin' Star 君はぼくの輝ける星) 1989–1990 *''Kiga Ichizoku'' (飢餓一族) 1992–1993 * 1992–2001 *''Yousei Jiken'' (妖精事件) 1993–1999 # # # # *''La Vie en Rose'' (LA VIE EN ROSE) 1995–1998 # # *'' Crown of Love'' (恋愛-CROWN-) 1998–2002 *''Hapipuri'' (はぴぷり) 1999–2001 *'' Earthian Gaiden Himitsu no Hanazono'' (アーシアン外伝秘密の花園) 2002 *''Bite Me''

Incomplete works

*''B-gata Doumei'' (B型同盟) 1988–1989 # *''Genji'' (源氏) 1988–1995 # # # # # # # # *''Yajō Teikoku'' (夜嬢帝国) 1988–1989 # *''Arisu in Wonderland'' (ありす IN WONDERLAND) 1989–1992 # # *''Vanpu - Kyūketsu no To -'' (ヴァンプ-吸血の徒-) 1989–1995 *''Hurricane Hill'' (ハリケーン・ヒル) 1997 *''Chronicle'' (クロニクル) 1998 #

Short works

*''Metal Heart'' (メタルハート) 1986 *''Mind Size'' (マインドサイズ) 1986–1988 *''Glass Magic'' (グラス・マジック) 1988 *''Hot Staff '88'' (ほっと・すたっふ'88) 1988 *''Ōkami wo Meguru Bouken'' (狼をめぐる冒険) 1989 *''Kugatsu no Natsu'' (9月の夏) 1989 *''Yakusoku no Natsu'' (約束の夏) 1991 *''Yousei Jiken 1992'' (妖精事件 1992) 1992 *''Kurayamizaka'' (暗闇坂) 1999

Collaborations

*'' Wakakusa Monogatari'' (若草物語) (original creator:

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) 1985 *''Choushinka Enasu'' (超新化エナス) (original creator:

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) 1988–1989 *''Carol - K'' (CAROL-K) (original creator: Naoto Kine) 1995–1998 *'' Clock Tower Ghost Head'' (クロックタワーゴーストヘッド) (original creator:

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) 1998 *''Majuu no Kuru Yoru'' (魔獣の来る夜) (

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) 2001 *''Houkago, Nanajikan-me.'' (放課後、七時間目。) (original creator:

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) 2006 *''

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) 2008–2010 *''

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, khara inc.) 2010 *''

Paradise TV'' (機動戦士ガンダム00 楽園TV) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010 *''Itsuka Dokoka no Matikado de'' (いつかどこかの街角で) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010

Artbook collections

*''LOVE SONGS'' (1988) *''SSSSPECIAL'' (1989) *''YOUR EYES ONLY'' (2005) *''Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Design Works'' (2009) *''Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Dear Meisters COMIC&ARTS'' (2009) *''Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Works Complete'' (2010)

Other works

*''Cycland'' (CYCLAND サイクランド) 1991 *'' Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride Setting Collection'' (いまどきのバンパイア-高河ゆん+大貫健一設定原画集) 1997 *''LOVELESS MIND MAP'' (LOVELESS MIND MAP) 2005

Original character designs

*'' Carol'' (Naoto Kine) - ( Magic Bus) *''High School Aura Buster'' (Mio Wakagi) -

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) *'' Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride'' -

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Illustrations

*''Makenden'' (Seika Nagare) *''Mangaka Marina series'' (Hitomi Fujimoto) *''High School Aura Buster'' (Mio Wakagi) *''Light Gene no Isan'' ( Chōhei Kambayashi) *''Moerurubu Tokyo Annai'' 2006

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koga, Yun Women manga artists Japanese female comics artists Anime character designers Living people 1965 births Manga artists from Tokyo People from Shinagawa Japanese female comics writers