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Yū Asagiri

Yū Asagiri

Japanese manga artist (1956–2018)


Yuriko Takano (高野 夕里子, Takano Yuriko), better known by the pen name Yū Asagiri (あさぎり夕 or 朝霧夕 Asagiri Yū), was a female Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. She made her professional manga debut in 1976. Asagiri received the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Nanairo Magic ("Seven Colors Magic").[1] She died on 27 October 2018 from severe pneumonia.[2]

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Works

Asagiri started her career in 1978 drawing shōjo manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine. In the mid-1990s, she switched to josei manga, and to boy's love manga. She also provided illustrations for boy's love novels.


References

  1. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  2. "Golden Cain Manga Creator Yu Asagiri Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 November 2018.



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