is a Japanese

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicate ...

, born November 15 in

Hitachi () is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company is active in various industries, including digital systems, power and renewable ener ...

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

, Japan. She is a graduate of

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Junior College. Her work includes illustrating the

Maria-sama ga Miteru , often shortened to , is a Japanese light novel series written by with illustrations by Reine Hibiki. Originally written as a short story in 1997, Shueisha published 37 light novel volumes from April 1998 to April 2012. The story f ...

series of

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Works

Light novels

Hibiki is co-creator of the light novel series . The series originated in 2006 as a

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project by the circle MAGIXX, with related goods sold at that summer's

Comic Market , more commonly known as or , is a semiannual Doujinshi convention, ''doujinshi'' convention in Tokyo, Japan. A grassroots market focused on the sale of ''doujin'' (self-published) works, Comiket is a not-for-profit fan convention administered ...

. However, by 2007 it had become a commercial publication by

Shueisha is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The ...

. The novels' co-author is from MAGIXX. As of May 2009, four volumes of the light novel have been published in Japan: Shueisha has also released one

drama CD Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatised, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

for the series:

Illustration

* light novels by * ''

'' light novels by , including the Buddha Watches Too spin-off * light novels by * light novels by

Video games

* (2008

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game, character design)

Other

* ''

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'' (contributing artist) * ''

Comic 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 ''C ...

'' (cover art) * ''

First Love Sisters is a Japanese manga written by Mako Komao and illustrated by Mizuo Shinonome (characters) and Reine Hibiki (scenario) which was first serialized in the now-defunct '' yuri'' '' josei'' manga magazine '' Yuri Shimai'' on June 28, 2003 under t ...

'' (character design) * ''

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'' (cover art)

Dōjinshi

From 1994 to 1996, Hibiki was a member of the

circle IN-FECT with , who went on to become illustrator of the

Hakushaku to Yōsei is a completed series of light novels written by Mizue Tani and published in Japan by Shueisha. The story is serialized in ''Cobalt'' magazine and illustrated by Asako Takaboshi (Ayuko). Shueisha has commercially released two drama CDs and ...

light novels. From 1997 onwards, Hibiki has published dōjinshi through her own circle Russian Blue. Early Russian Blue works were often collaborations with other artists and based on

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characters. More recent works include the ''True Colors'' series of rough illustrations, which are sold at each Comic Market.

References

External links

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Russian Blue
Doujinshi DB entry {{DEFAULTSORT:Hibiki, Reine Manga artists Maria-sama ga Miteru People from Hitachi, Ibaraki Living people Year of birth missing (living people)