is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1979 with the short story . In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series ''St. 14 Graffiti''. She has twice received the

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since ...

in the (girls') manga category: in 1991 for and in 2003 for .

Works

Series

* , serialized in ''

Bessatsu Shōjo Comic , known as before 2000, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It was conceived as a or "special issue" of its sister magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. It is released on the 13th of each month. Serializations Current * '' ...

'' (1981–1985) * ''St. 14 Graffiti'' (), serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' (1986–1987) * (), serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' (1988–1995) * , serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' (1996) Original text: Translation: "''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic''s popular series ''Mune no Kin'iro''." * , serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' and '' Monthly Flowers'' (1997–2020)

Art books

* ''Idol Special'' (SPECIAL), published by

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics ( manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the H ...

(1995) * , published by Shogakukan (2008)

Notes

References

External links

Q&A with fans
at '' Monthly Flowers'' * 1960 births Female comics writers Japanese female comics artists Japanese women writers Living people Manga artists from Tokyo People from Shinagawa Women manga artists Writers from Tokyo {{manga-artist-stub