Izumi Tsubaki

Izumi Tsubaki (椿 いづみ, Tsubaki Izumi^?, born December 11 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist known for creating Oresama Teacher and Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun. Tsubaki began drawing manga in her first year of high school. She was soon selected to be in the top 10 of Hana to Yume Mangaka Course, and subsequently won the Big Challenge contest.

In an interview with Manga News in France, Tsubaki said that she was inspired from Yoshihiro Togashi and her sister who is also a manga artist. Togashi's manga Yu Yu Hakusho was the first manga she bought on her own. She became a manga artist after placing third in a contest and was approached by an editor.