Wataru Yoshizumi

Wataru Yoshizumi (吉住渉) is a Japanese mangaka. She was born as Mari Nakai (中井 真里) on June 18, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated with a degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University.

Yoshizumi started her career as a mangaka while working as an office lady. Her debut manga was a yomikiri (short story) called "Radical Romance" that was published in 1984, in the summer issue of Ribon Original. She is known as a social mangaka, and is a good friend of fellow mangakas Naoko Takeuchi, Ai Yazawa, Miho Obana, and Megumi Mizusawa.

Yoshizumi currently (as of 2007) has her works published in both Ribon and Chorus.

Works

 * Quartet Game
 * This tankōbon contains three early short stories. Along with the title story, the other stories are "Another Day" and "Heart Beat".


 * Handsome na Kanojo (Handsome Girl) (9 volumes)
 * Several volumes of this series include some more early short stories, including Wataru's debut work, "Radical Romance".


 * Marmalade Boy (8 volumes)
 * Kimi Shika Iranai (I Don't Need Anyone But You) (2 volumes)
 * Mint na Bokura (We Are Mint) (6 volumes)
 * Random Walk (3 volumes)
 * Ultra Maniac (5 volumes)
 * Datte Suki Nandamon (Because I Love You) (2 volumes)
 * "PxP" (one-shot)
 * "Happiness" (one-shot)
 * "Baby It's You" (one-shot)
 * Cherish (1 volume)
 * Spicy Pink
 * Cappuccino