is a Japanese

manga artist A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...

. Kodaka made her debut in 1989 in the magazine ''

Weekly Shōnen Champion is a Japanese Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Akita Shoten. History ''Shōnen Champion'' was first published on July 15, 1969. It has had numerous popular series by manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka, Go Nagai, Shinji Miz ...

'' with ''Sessa Takuma!''. She mainly writes manga in the

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 ...

genre, featuring homosexual relationships between men for women, and has been described as "a pioneer and top-ranked artist" in the genre. She decided to enter the Boys Love genre as a result of reading parody manga with

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themes, finding them "more interesting" than regular ''shōjo'' manga and more psychologically complex than ''shōnen'' manga. She has also written many ''

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'' which are famous, but difficult to obtain, from the series ''

Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 1999 to March 2008, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Viz Media licensed t ...

'', ''

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June ...

'', ''

Hikaru no Go is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go (game), Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa. It was serialized in Shueis ...

'', '' Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo'' and ''

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''. She designed the characters for the ''

My Sexual Harassment is a novel and anime by Sakura Momo,Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. '' The Anime Encyclopedia, Revised & Expanded Edition: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917''. — Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2006. — P. 437. — with charact ...

'' OVA. She taught herself how to draw, but one of her design influences is

Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with ''Urusei Yatsura'' in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are known worldwide, where they have been tra ...

. She draws by hand, not using computers, and learned ''shōjo'' manga techniques from Sanami Matoh, author of ''

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''.

Works

*''Ikumen After'' *''Border'' *''Ren'ai Hōteishiki'' *'' Kizuna: Bonds of Love'' *''

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'' *''

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!'' *'' Kimera'' *''Kusatta Kyōshi no Hōteishiki'' *''Sebiro no Housekeeper'' *''

'' *''Sex Therapist'' *''Mezase Hero!'' *''Not Ready?! Sensei'' *''Midare Somenishi'' *''Ihōjin Etranger'' *''Chocomint''

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(Japanese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kodaka, Kazuma 1969 births Living people Japanese female comics artists Women manga artists Manga artists from Hyōgo Prefecture

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