Yoko Kamio

Yōko Kamio
神尾 葉子
Born (1966-06-29) June 29, 1966
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Manga artist
Notable works
Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street
Awards Shogakukan Manga Award (1996)

Yōko Kamio (神尾 葉子, Kamio Yōko, born June 29, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist and writer. She is most famous for Boys Over Flowers (花より男子, Hana Yori Dango), for which she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1996.[1] Her work has been translated and distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Biography

Boys Over Flowers

Boys Over Flowers was serialized in Shueisha's bi-weekly Margaret magazine from October 1992 to September 2003 and was collected into 37 volumes. The manga has been licensed by Viz Media for publication in the United States.[2] It has also been published by Glénat in France[3] and by Planeta DeAgostini in Spain.[4] In July 2006, a short story based on the manga was published in issue 15 of Margaret magazine. Another two-installment short story was published in January 2007.[5]

Kamio's next series was Matsuri Special, which debuted in the first issue (November 2007) of Jump Square, a shōnen manga magazine.[6] It is about a high school girl whose father has trained her to become a female professional wrestler.

One of her later series was Tora to Okami which ran in Betsuma magazine from 2010 to 2011. [7]

Another series was Ibara no Kanmuri which ran from 2013 to 2014.[8]

Works

References

  1. 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on July 10, 2008. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
  2. "Hana Yori Dango Licensed...But by Who?". Anime News Network. 2003-03-24. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  3. "Hana Yori Dango Tome 1" (in French). Glénat. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  4. "No me lo digas con flores" (in Spanish). Planeta DeAgostini. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  5. "2-Issue Boys Over Flowers Side Story Revealed in Japan". Anime News Network. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  6. "Jump Square's page on Matsuri Special". Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  7. "Boys Over Flowers' Kamio to Launch Tora to Ōkami Manga". Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  8. "Boys Over Flowers' Kamio Ends Ibara no Kanmuri Manga". Anime News Network. 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
  9. "Boys Over Flowers' Kamio to Launch Ibara no Kanmuri Manga". Anime News Network. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  10. "Boys Over Flowers' Yoko Kamio To Launch New Series in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2015-02-09.


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