is a Japanese

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, who also writes as . She writes in a variety of demographics, publishing

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as Sumomo Yumeka and ''seinen'' manga as Mizu Sahara. She is best known in the west for ''The Day I Became a Butterfly'' and ''Same Cell Organism'', both under the Yumeka byline, and the manga adaptation of ''

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'' under Mizu Sahara. Her series ''My Girl'' is being adapted as a live-action television series which began broadcasting in October 2009.

Works

As Sumomo Yumeka

* Kokoro Kikai * Soshite Hibi Koishiteku * Soshite Koi ga Hajimaru by Kei Tsukimura (illustrator only) * Natsukashi Machi no Rozione * Dousabou Seibutsu (published in English by

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as ''Same Cell Organism'') * Chou ni Naru Hi (published in English by Digital Manga Publishing as ''The Day I Became a Butterfly'') * Tengusin (published in English by Aurora Publishing as ''Tengu-Jin'') * Nemunoki no Geshukusou * Kon no Ki Konoha * Kimi wa Boku no Taiyou * Hate ni Aru Kimi * Kaze Shinshutsu Shita * The Snake and the Boy (Mitoshōnen) * Boku wa Sakana

As Mizu Sahara

* ''Basu Hashiru'' (includes a series of shorts under the title ''Nanairo Sekai'') * ''My Girl'' * '' Hoshi no Koe'' (written by Makoto Shinkai, illustrator only, published in English by

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as ''Voices of a Distant Star'') * '' Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho'' (written Makoto Shinkai, illustrator only) * ''Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan'' (adaption of novel by Ji-Young Gong) * '' Tetsugaku Letra'' * ''Itsuya-san'' * '' Okashiratsuki''

References

External links

Sumomo YumekaMizu Sahara
manga at Media Arts Database
Unofficial Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yumeka, Sumomo Manga artists Living people Japanese female comics artists Women manga artists Japanese female comics writers 21st-century Japanese women writers Year of birth missing (living people)