(born January 21) is a

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. Shiho Sugiura debuted in 1994 and works under the BL publisher . Sugiura's newest manga series, ''Shuuten Unknown'', is serializing in ''

Monthly Comic Avarus is a Japanese shōjo manga (for girls) magazine published by Mag Garden.Avarus manga awa ...

''.

Work

Sugiura's

manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

, such as ''Koori no Mamono no Monogatari'' ''(Legend of the Ice Demon)'', and ''

Silver Diamond is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shiho Sugiura. It is published in the monthly magazine '' Ichiraci''. It has been licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop, which only released nine volumes. ...

'' (2003-2011) are considered part of the ''

shonen ai ''Yaoi'' (; ja, やおい ), also known by the ''wasei-eigo'' construction and its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created b ...

'' genre. ''Silver Diamond'' was considered to be a fun story with art that is "distinctively 1990s," according to Anime News Network. The first few volumes were translated into English and published by

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed J ...

. When ''Shuuten Unknown'' was released, bookstores in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

and other cities held an exhibition of Sugiura's work. ''Shuuten Unknown'' is a fantasy manga about two different organizations searching for treasure.

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