Yoko Kamio
| Yōko Kamio 神尾 葉子 |
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|---|---|
| Born |
June 29, 1966 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
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Notable works
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Boys Over Flowers, Cat Street |
| Awards | Shogakukan Manga Award (1996) |
Yōko Kamio (神尾 葉子 Kamio Yōko?, born June 29, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist and writer. She is most famous for Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango?), for which she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1996. Her work has been translated and distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Boys Over Flowers was serialized in Shueisha's bi-weekly Margaret magazine from October 1992 to September 2003 and was collected into 37 volumes. The manga has been licensed by Viz Media for publication in the United States. It has also been published by Glénat in France and by Planeta DeAgostini in Spain. In July 2006, a short story based on the manga was published in issue 15 of Margaret magazine. Another two-installment short story was published in January 2007.
Kamio's next series was Matsuri Special, which debuted in the first issue (November 2007) of Jump Square, a shōnen manga magazine. It is about a high school girl whose father has trained her to become a female professional wrestler.
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