is a Japanese

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, best known for her romantic comedy ''

Strawberry 100% is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2002 to August 2005, with its chapters collected in 19 volumes. The series was licensed in No ...

'' which was published by

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in ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump (magazine line), Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many Action (fiction), action scenes and a fair ...

'' from 2002 to 2005, and would later receive a television

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and

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adaptation. During the early part of her career, she wrote and illustrated under the

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. Her first public work was a ''

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'' called ''Innocent'' in 1993. Another series, ''

First Love Limited , also known as ''Hatsukoi Limited'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 2007 to May 2008, with its chapters collected ...

'', was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series and aired in 2009. Other works include ''Lilim Kiss'', ''Akane-chan overdrive'' and '' Anedoki''.

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* 1971 births Japanese female comics artists Japanese female comics writers Living people Women manga artists Manga artists from Shizuoka Prefecture {{Manga-artist-stub