Chika Umino

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Chika Umino (羽海野チカ, Umino Chika^?, born August 30) is a Japanese female mangaka, based in Adachi, Tokyo. She is noted for being the author and creator of the Honey and Clover series, for which, in 2003, she received the Kodansha Manga Award, and has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C. Staff.

Her pen name comes from her favorite location "umi no chikaku no yuuenchi" (海の近くの遊園地, lit. an amusement park by the sea), which is also the title of her dojin works prior to her debut.

[edit] Works

Honey and Clover - published between 2000 to 2006, with the first 14 chapters being serialized in Shueisha's CUTiEcomic manga magazine from June 2000 to July 2001, while afterwards, it was serialized in Young YOU. With the demise of Young YOU in 2005, the series moved to the magazine Chorus, where it has formally ended its serialization, running until July 2006 with chapter 64. She received the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for Honey and Clover in 2003, and has been adapted into an anime series, which was produced by J.C. Staff.