is a Japanese

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 ...

known for her manga series ''

Ace o Nerae! ''Aim for the Ace!'', known in Japan as , is a manga series written and illustrated by Sumika Yamamoto. The series tells the story of Hiromi Oka, a high school student who wants to become a professional tennis player as she struggles aga ...

''.

Biography

Sumika Yamamoto is a shōjo

born on June 17, 1949. She debuted as a manga artist in 1971 with "Sono Hitokoto ga ienakute" in the manga magazine ''

Margaret Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian. Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular through ...

'' before achieving success with "Ace o Nerae". In 1981, she moved back to her home town

Enzan was a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 5, 1954. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 25,856 and the density of 139.96 persons per km². The total area was 184.74 km². History On Nov ...

and stopped her artistic output in order to cultivate spirituality.

Manga Works

*"Sono Hitokoto ga ienakute" ("Without saying that very single word") *"

" ("Aim for the ace!", Margaret 1972–1975, 1978–1980) *"Kiss ni Goyoujin" ("With a kiss", Margaret, 1973) *"Nanatsu no Eldorado" ("The seven Eldorados", Margaret, 1975–1977) *"Hikkuri kaetta omocha bako" ("The toy that tumbled down", Margaret, 1978) *"H2O! Zendai mimon!" ("H2O! Unprecedent!", Margaret, 1979) *"Ai no Ogonritsu" (Shogakukan Lady Comics, 1 volume, 1983) *"Hakuran Seifuu" ("Cool breeze of knowledge", issues 15, 17 to 22 of

Petit Flower was a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. Founded in 1980, the magazine ceased publication in March 2002, when it was replaced by the magazine ''Flowers''. History Shogakukan began publishing ''Petit Flower'' as a regula ...

1983 - 1984) *"Hayami Daisuke Funsenki" ("The fighter Hayami Daisuke", issue 16 of Petit Flower, 2 volumes, 1983) *"Koi Shichaou kana?" ("Love alphabet?", Margaret, 1 volume)

References

External links

Bio: Yamamoto, Sumika
1949 births Living people Women manga artists Manga artists from Yamanashi Prefecture Japanese female comics artists {{manga-artist-stub