, known professionally as , is a Japanese

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. Active since 1998, most of her manga are written under the

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and

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genre.

Biography

Naitō was born on December 6, 1971, in

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. Her grandfather

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was

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, and her older brother is the rock singer Daigo. She lived in

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but moved back to Tokyo after her grandfather became prime minister. Since 2016, she has been the sister-in-law of actress

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. One of her good friends, also a fellow manga artist, is

Mikiyo Tsuda __NOTOC__ is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist active since 1998. Under the name , she writes Yaoi, boys love and Yuri (genre), girls love manga while under Mikiyo Tsuda she writes Humour, comedy-shōjo manga.Afterword section in the Digital ...

, otherwise known as Taishi Zaō. They often co-author manga together, display their art together, and have autograph sessions together. Naitō has sometimes acted as Tsuda's manager.''Afterword section in the

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version of The Day of Revolution, volume 1'' Naitō's persona Eiki Eiki's is a

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wearing a red

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Works

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'' *'' Dear Myself'' **'' Unmei ni Kiss'' - sequel **'' World's End'' - sequel *''

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Train Train ''Train+Train'' is a Japanese light novel series, written by Hideyuki Kurata (author of the '' Read or Dream'' series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. A manga series was serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' between January 2000 and May 2003 a ...

'' *'' Yuigon'' *''Scissors Sisters'' - coauthored with Daigo and drawn by Marico.

Co-authored with Taishi Zaō

*''

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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 ''

Yuri Hime is a Japanese manga anthology magazine published by Ichijinsha. It began as a quarterly publication in July 2005, but was issued bimonthly on odd months from January 2011 to December 2016, when it became monthly. Kanako Umezawa has served as ''Co ...

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

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'' *''

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 ...

References

External links

Eiki Eiki's website

Interview with Eiki Eiki
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