Yuuki Obata started drawing manga very early but released pro works much later. Readers know her mostly for We Were There (Bokura ga Ita).

Mizuki Kawashita is a renowned Japanese author of both male and female manga but still starriest for youth manga.

Yuu Watase is well known to her fans for works like Ceres, Celestial Legend and Mysterious Play. Her fame comes mainly from anime series released.

Seo Kouji is a popular author of sports drama and romance featuring high schoolers. He created works like Town Where You Live, Suzuka.

Yumi Tamura is mainly known to her women fans for Basara and 7 Seeds. However she's a prolific writer with over 50 volumes so far.

Mitsuru Adachi is known to his readers as an author of sports manga basically about baseball. He earned fame in 1980 thanks to Touch and Nine.

Kyousuke Motomi is a special shoujo mangaka. His works feature a realistic approach and character detailization.

Kei Kusunoki is a pen name of Japanese mangaka Mayumi Ohashi well known for horror and comedy mangas. She writes manga both for women and men.

The mangaka Arina Tanemura has attracted a lot of followers with her works like I.O.N, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne and Searching for the Full Moon.

Mizu Sahara's manga focuses on characters' inner worlds. Her best mangas are Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in Our Early Days.

Yayoi Ogawa is known as the author of Baby Pop, Tramps Like Us (Kimi wa Pet), Kiss & Never Cry and other josei.

The popular mangaka Wataru Yoshizumi appeals to her young and slightly older women readers for over a dozen works published for the last 15 years.

Johji Manabe is an adventure manga author. His works organically combine fantasy and sci-fi, humor, romance and ecchi.

Ai Yazawa is a well-known shoujo (girl manga) author stressing her characters' clothes. Readers know well her works like Paradise Kiss and Nana.

Tsukasa Hojo is an author of many comedy mangas with adventurous or detective plots. His best known series are City Hunter and Angel Heart.

Nicky Lee is a Taiwanese girl romance mangaka known for Youth Gone Wild and The One. Her most characters relate to show-biz.

Rumiko Takahashi is a most famous and respected manga author with the millionth milestone in 1995 and the current 100+M copy sales.