Yū Asagiri Explained
| Name Nonen: | あさぎり夕 |
| Nonus: | ja |
| Birth Name: | Yuriko Takano (高野 夕里子) |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Area: | Manga artist |
| Notable Works: |
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| Awards: | 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo |
| Website: | http://www.asagiriyu.to/ |
, better known by the pen name Yū Asagiri (or Asagiri Yū), was a female Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. She made her professional manga debut in 1976. Asagiri received the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Nanairo Magic ("Seven Colors Magic").[1] She died on 27 October 2018 from severe pneumonia.[2]
Works
Asagiri started her career in 1978 drawing shōjo manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine. In the mid-1990s, she switched to josei manga, and to boy's love manga. She also provided illustrations for boy's love novels.
Shojo manga
- Aoi Uchuu no Runa (Nakayoshi, 1978, 1 volume)
- Hanashishuu Kodemari ni Yosete (Nakayoshi, 1978, 1 volume)
- Watashi no Koi wa Hoshi Makase (Nakayoshi, 1980, 1 volume)
- Kirara Hoshi no Daiyogen (Nakayoshi, 1981, 2 volumes). Story by Kyoko Mizuki.
- Aitsu ga Hero! (Nakayoshi Deluxe, 1981–82, 2 volumes)
- Ashita Kara no Hero (Nakayoshi Deluxe, 1984, 1 volume)
- Kocchi Muite Love! (Nakayoshi, 1982–83, 4 volumes)
- Apple Dream (Nakayoshi, 1984–85, 3 volumes)
- Akogare Boukensha (Nakayoshi, 1985–86, 3 volumes)
- Nanairo Magic (Nakayoshi, 1987–88, 6 volumes)
- Ai Boy (Nakayoshi, 1988–90, 5 volumes)
- Sotsugyou Shashin (Nakayoshi Deluxe, 1988, 1 volume)
- Minmin! (Nakayoshi, 1990–93, 5 volumes)
- Kon na Panic (Nakayoshi, 1991–92, 5 volumes)
- Himawari Nikki (Nakayoshi, 1991, 1 volume)
- Alice no Jikan (Nakayoshi Deluxe, 1991–92, 1 volume)
- Onnanoko no Fushigi (Shōjo Friend, 1990, 1 volume)
- Onnanoko no Ho-n-ki (Shōjo Friend, 1991, 1 volume)
- Kurenai Densetsu (Shōjo Friend, 1991, 4 volumes)
- Kyasshu na Kankei (Shōjo Friend, 1993, 4 volumes)
- Yume de Aetar (Shōjo Friend, 1995, 2 volumes)
- Oneesan no Jijou (Bessatsu Friend, 1994, 1 volume)
- B.B. Tengoku (Bessatsu Friend, 1995, 2 volumes)
- Eve no Subete (1994, 1 volume)
Josei manga
Boy's love manga
- Knock o 3-kai (Houbunsha's Hanaoto, 1995, 1 volume)
- Second Love (Hanaoto, 1997, 2 volume2)
- Lonely Soldier (1998, 1 volume)
- Gogo no Ihoujin (Be x Boy, 1999, volume)
- Lover's Kiss (1999, 1 volume)
- Miserarete (2000, 1 volume)
- Hitomi no Honne (2001, 1 volume)
- Hitomi no Giwaku (2002, 1 volume)
- Kin no Cain (Golden Cain) (2003, 1 volume)
- Joouheika no Oniwaban (2004, 1 volume. Re-edited by Libre in 2009 [3]
- Mr. Secret Floor series (Be x Boy Gold, 2010-ongoing, 5 volumes)
- Mr. Secret Floor - Shousetsuka no Tawamure na Hibiki (2011[4])
- Mr. Secret Floor - Honoo no Ouji (2012[5])
- Mr. Secret Floor - Sabaku no Kaori no Otoko (2013[6])
- Mr. Secret Floor - Gunpuku no Koibito (2015[7])
- Mr. Secret Floor - Boku wo Kurau Kemono no Kagayaki (2016[8])
Illustration books
- In the 2 decades Asagiri Yu Illustration Collection (1997, Gakken).
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kodansha Manga Awards . Joel Hahn . Comic Book Awards Almanac . 2007-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml . 2007-08-16.
- Web site: Golden Cain Manga Creator Yu Asagiri Passes Away . Anime News Network . 22 November 2018.
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