Wataru Yoshizumi

Wataru Yoshizumi (Japanese吉 住 渉Yoshizumi Wataru; actually Mariko Nakai (中 井 真 里 子, Nakai Mariko ), born June 18, 1963 in the prefecture of Tokyo, Japan ) is a Japanese manga artist.

Biography

After she had completed her degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University, she worked as an office lady and published by the way manga. My first work, the short story Radical Romance, published in 1984 in the manga magazine Ribon Original, a sister magazine of Ribon. Both are published by Shueisha Publishing. For the Ribon, which is aimed at girls in elementary and middle school age, that specializes in shōjo manga, Yoshizumi has since worked mainly.

There were other short stories and in 1988 her first book publication with Shijūsō game in which two other short manga are included in addition to the eponymous story. The first extended work of the illustrator was A Handsome Girl. This appeared from November 1988 to January 1992 in Ribon and is about a fourteen- year-old actress, who falls in love with a young director, who, however, can not stand. The nine anthologies extensive relationship comedy has been implemented as a radio play in 1991 as an anime in the form of a one-part original video animation.

The breakthrough came in Japan and internationally for the author with the class consisting of approximately 1,400 pages in eight volumes manga series Marmalade Boy about a teenage girl whose parents separate, but continue to live together in an apartment. The girl learns then also know her new step-brother and falls in love with him. Marmalade Boy, which was published from May 1992 to October 1995 in Ribon, selling more than 8.5 million anthologies, an implementation than 76 - episode anime television series was a great success and translations in several languages. In Ribon they also released several other series. So between 1996 and 1997 Kimi shika Iranai, from May 1997 to January 2000, the approximately 950 -page Mint na Bokura, from 2000 to 2001 Random Walk and from January 2002 to December 2003 Ultra Maniac. Ultra Maniac was released in 2002 as an original video animation, and in 2003 as a anime television series. It's about a shy high school student who becomes friends with a same age girl who is secretly a witch.

While all of their previously published manga aimed at young girls, drew Yoshizumi 2006 Cherish her ​​first at adult women applied for Josei manga. This appeared in the chorus magazine, for the previously created other Ribon - signatories as her friend Miho Obana comics.

Egmont Manga & Anime published Marmalade Boy and A Handsome Girl in Germany.

Since 2007, Tokyopop released another series of Wataru Yoshizumi.

Works (selection)

  • Radical Romance 1984 (ラディカル·ロマンス, Radikaru Romansu )
  • Heartbeat (ハート·ビート, Hato Bito ) 1985
  • Another Day in 1987
  • Tenshi to Boken 1987
  • Shijūsō gemu (四重奏 ゲーム) 1988
  • Handsome Girl (ハンサム な 彼女, Hansamu Kanojo ) 1988-1992
  • Green Age in 1991
  • Go Go Kenji -kun 1991
  • Marmalade Boy (ママレード·ボーイ, Mamarēdo BOI) 1992-1996
  • Wataru Yoshizumi Illustration Shuu - Marmalade Boy 1995 Artbook
  • Marmalade Boy - Koi no stylebook 1995 Artbook
  • Mo Hitotsu no Marmalade 1995
  • Mo Hitotsu no Marmalade II 1996
  • Kimi Shika Iranai (君しかいらない) 1996-1997
  • Mint na Bokura (ミントな僕ら, Minto na Bokura ) 1997-2000
  • Nagano he Janpu! 1998
  • Random Walk (ランダム·ウォーク, Randamu WOKU ) 2000-2001
  • Beer Balidi 2001
  • Ultra Maniac (ウルトラ マニアック, Urutora Maniakku ) 2002-2004
  • Datte Suki Nandamon (だって 好き な ん だ もん) 2004-2005
  • PxP 2006-2007
  • Cherish (チェリッシュ, Cherisshu ) 2006
  • Spicy Pink (スパイ シー ピンク, Supaishī Pinku ) 2007-2008
  • Cappuccino 2008
  • Like Milk & Honey
  • Chitose etc. 2011
  • Peppermint Twins
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