Saori Oguri

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Saori Oguri (小栗左多里, Oguri Saori^?, born December 10, 1966) is a mangaka born in Gifu prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Tama Art University, where she studied graphic design. Her 1995 debut was Sora ni makka na mono rule in the Shōjo comic magazine, Chorus (published by Shūēsha).

Oguri is known for the comic essay series Darling wa Gaikokujin (literally "My Darling is a Foriegner"), known in English as Is He Turning Japanese?, which portrays her life with her husband, Tony László, with whom she also co-authored Darling no atamannaka (Inside darling's mind), a comic essay about English and linguistics.

[edit] List of works

Onegai kami-sama (1998, Shūēsha)
Kono ai no hate ni (2000, Shūēsha)
1. Vol. 1 (2001, Shūēsha)
2. Vol. 2 (2001, Shūēsha)
Darling wa Gaikokujin series
1. Darling wa Gaikokujin (2002, Media Factory)
2. Darling wa Gaikokujin 2 (2004, Media Factory)
3. Darling no atamannaka (co-authored with Tony László, 2005, Media Factory)
Ēgo ga dekinai watashi o semenaide!―I want to speak English! (2004, Yamato Shobō) (Paperback published in 2006)
Konna watashi mo shugyō shitai! seishin michi nyūmon (2004, Kentōsha)
Kanayako (2004, Media Factory)
Tony ryū shiawase o saibai suru hōhō (illustrations only) (2005, Softbank Creative Corporation)
Saori & Tony hōken kikō Hawaii de dai no ji (2005, Sony Magazines)

[edit] "Saori Oguri" or "Oguri Saori?"

When Saori romanizes her name on her book covers and website, she maintains the surname-first Japanese name order. In Darling no atamannaka, she expressed puzzlement as to why her name is writen as "Saori Oguri" in English newspapers.