Yuu Watase

Yuu Watase (渡瀬 悠宇) is a Japanese shōjo manga author and artist. They received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing the debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" ("An Intrusion in Pajamas"), Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Because of their frequent use of beautiful male characters within each work, Watase is widely regarded in the comic circles as a bishōnen mangaka. In October 2008, Watase began their first shonen serialization, Arata: The Legend  in Weekly Shōnen Sunday.

Their name is romanticized as "Yû Watase" in earlier printings of Viz Media's publications of Fushigi Yūgi, Alice 19th, and Ceres, The Celestial Legend, while in Viz Media's Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden and Absolute Boyfriend where else in other books, the name is romanized as "Yuu Watase". In Chuang Yi's English-language versions of Fushigi Yugi (spelled without a macron or circumflex). In May 2019, Watase came out as x-gender, a Japanese non-binary gender identity.

Watase Yuu Flower Comics

 * Fushigi Yūgi - 18 Vols.
 * Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden - 9 Vols. - ongoing
 * Shishunki Miman Okotowari - 3 Vols.
 * Zoku Shishunki Miman Oktotowari - 3 Vols.
 * Shishunki Miman Okotowari Kanketsuhen - 1 Vol.
 * Epotoransu! Mai - 2 Vols.
 * Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend) - 14 Vols.
 * Appare Jipangu! - 3 Vols.
 * Imadoki! - 5 Vols.
 * Alice 19th - 7 Vols.
 * Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend) - 6 Vols.
 * Sakura Gari - 3 Vols.

Shonen Sunday Comics

 * Arata Kangatari (Arata: The Legend) - 6 Vols. - ongoing

Watase Yuu Masterpiece Collection

 * 1) Gomen Asobase!
 * 2) Magical Nan
 * 3) Otenami Haiken!
 * 4) Suna no Tiara
 * 5) Mint de Kiss Me

YuuTopia Collection

 * 1) Oishii Study
 * 2) Musubiya Nanako

YuuTopia Collection

 * 1)  [akisihi] ...100910...0215...(035)....1003627


 * 1) " [yushi yuubi]...Okinawa {woi a ni)..0005687...40359257


 * 1) '''[tashiki yuukini] ....Shoyuan...(neiri yutoki)....3985627.(615..3085)...3886297

Yuu Watase Best Selection

 * 1) Sunde ni Touch
 * 2) Perfect Lovers

Bunko Ban

 * Fushigi Yūgi Bunko - 10 Vols.
 * Ayashi no Ceres (Ceres, Celestial Legend) Bunko - 7 Vols.
 * Alice 19th Bunko - 4 Vols.
 * Zettai Kareshi Bunko - 3 Vols.
 * Imadoki! Bunko - 3 Vols.
 * Shishunki Miman Okotowari Bunko - 3 Vols.

Kanzenban

 * Fushigi Yūgi Kanzenban - 9 Vols.

Flower Comics Deluxe

 * 1) Shishunki Miman Okotowari
 * 2) Shishunki Miman Okotowari/Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari
 * 3) Zoku Shishunki Miman Okotowari
 * 4) Pajama de Ojama
 * 5) Mint de Kiss Me
 * 6) Epotoransu! Mai

Artbooks

 * Watase Yuu Illustration Collection Fushigi Yūgi
 * Watase Yuu Illustration Collection - Part 2 Fushigi Yūgi Animation World
 * "Ayashi no Ceres" Illustration Collection Tsumugi Uta ~Amatsu Sora Naru Hito o Kofutote~
 * Yuu Watase Post Card Book I
 * Yuu Watase Post Card Book II

Novels

 * Shishunki Miman Okotowari - 4 Vols.
 * Fushigi Yūgi - 13 Vols.
 * Ayashi no Ceres - 6 Vols.
 * Fushigi Yugi: Genbu Kaiden - 1 Vol.
 * Absolute Boyfriend - 1 Vol.
 * Masei Kishin Den (Illustration)
 * Yada ze! (Illustration)
 * Piratica (Illustration)