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. Her real name is , and her pen name was created by saying backward the syllables from her real name. Koikeda graduated with a degree in art from the

Kyoto City University of Arts (/Kyoto Univ. of Arts). The official abbreviated name is Kyōgei. is a public, municipal university of general art and music in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1880, it is Japan's oldest university of the arts (the predecessor of Tokyo Universi ...

. In addition to her work in manga, she is a part-time lecturer at a

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. Koikeda won the first Hairdressing Scissors-chan Grand Prize presented by the Japan National Hairdressing Trade Association for her manga '' Barber Harbor''.

Works

*'' Okaeri Mā-san'' (1991-1998, 3 volumes, '' Manga Home'', ''

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) *'' Boku no Kawaii Jōshi-sama'' (1995-1999, 4 volumes, Hōbunsha, also published as 2 volume kanzenban by

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) *''Urara kana Hibi'' (1997, 1 volume, Hōbunsha) *''Super Tumtum'' (1997-1998, 3 volumes, Hōbunsha, also published as 1 volume wideban by

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) *''Reiko ga Iku!'' (1998-1999, 2 volumes, Hōbunsha) *''Tokimeki Makkun!'' (1996-1999, 3 volumes, Hōbunsha) *'' Saint Kōkōsei'' (1998-2007 (currently on hiatus), 9 volumes (as of January 2009), Shōnengahosha *''Batsuichi 30ans'' (1999-2000, 2 volumes, Takeshobō) *'' ...Sugi na Revolution'' (1999-2003, 8 volumes (republished as 3 volumes), Kodansha) *''My Pace! Yuzuran'' (1999-2004, 5 volumes, Futabasha) *''Aoi-sama ga Suki'' (2000, published in the same volume as ''Hinotama Love'', Futabasha) *'' Barber Harbor'' (2001-2005, 7 volumes, Kodansha) *''Ichigo Office'' (2002, 4 volumes, Daitosha) *''CGH! Cactus, Go to Heaven!'' (2005-2008, 5 volumes,

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) *''Hinotama Love'' (2006-2007, 1 volume, ''

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'' (2006-2008, 2 volumes, ''

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) *''Barber Harbor NG'' (2007, 1 volume, Kodansha) *''Mermaid Blues'' (2007, 1 volume, Takeshobō) *''Fushigi-kun Jam'' (2008-current, 1 volume as of January 2009, Futabasha) *''TOMOS! Cole train no isan'' (2011-current, 2 volumes as of February 2011, Futabasha)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koikeda, Maya 1969 births Kyoto City University of Arts alumni Living people Manga artists from Yamaguchi Prefecture People from Hikari, Yamaguchi