Yun Kōga Explained

Yun Kōga
Native Name:	木村 理沙
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Name:	Risa Kimura
Birth Date:	July 9, 1965
Birth Place:	Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Spouse:	Tatsuneko
Children:	1
Known For:	Earthian, Loveless
Occupation:	Manga artist
Website:	yunk.jp

, better known by her pen name is a Japanese manga artist. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko, from whom he took the name of . She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya, Tokyo with her husband and daughter.

Profile

She began her career as a dōjinshi artist creating dōjinshi for works such as Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa and Maōden.

She debuted in a commercial magazine with the original work Metal Heart (serialized in Kobunsha's Comic VAL from November 1986). After her debut, she continued to contribute on numerous dōjin works. However, the later disbanding of a dōjin circle, Yajō Teikoku, she had founded with Maki Chikura, led to her taking numerous breaks from her commercial works. Due to this, there were incomplete works penned by her during this period.

During her years in middle school, she had been a fan of Masami Kurumada's manga series Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya (all serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump) and B't X (serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace), sending Kurumada numerous fan letters asking to meet him, after which Kurumada finally agreed, inviting her to his workplace.

When asked about her penname in an interview in the September 2006 issue of Puff, she responded that she had originally thought of making it Jun Kōga, but subsequently changed it to Yun Kōga.

Among her noted works is Loveless, which has been serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum since 2002 and is ongoing, as well as her work . She has also worked as an illustrator on the noted literary magazine Faust.

In 2007, she contributed the character designs to the Sunrise anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Manga works

Unfinished/current works

• Loveless (LOVELESS) 2001–
• Tenshichō (天使庁) 2002–2007
• Kill Me (KILL ME) 2003–2006
• Satō-kun and Tanaka-san -The blood highschool (佐藤くんと田中さん -The blood highschool) 2007–

1. • Kurumada Suidoken Hero of Heroes (車田水滸伝 HERO OF HEROES) 2013–

Completed works

• Riddle Story of Devil (Akuma no Riddle) 2012–2016
• Earthian (アーシアン) 1987–1995
• Saffron Zero Beat (サフラン・ゼロ・ビート) 1988–1991
• Kodomotachi wa Yoru no Juunin (子供たちは夜の住人) 1988–1990

1. 1. • Rōrakaizā (ローラカイザー) 1988–1993
      1. 1. • REN AI - Renai - (REN-AI 恋愛) 1989–1999
         • You're My Only Shinin' Star (You're My Only Shinin' Star 君はぼくの輝ける星) 1989–1990

• Kiga Ichizoku (飢餓一族) 1992–1993
• 1992–2001^[1]
• Yousei Jiken (妖精事件) 1993–1999

1. 1. 1. 1. • La Vie en Rose (LA VIE EN ROSE) 1995–1998
      • Crown of Love (恋愛-CROWN-) 1998–2002

• Hapipuri (はぴぷり) 1999–2001
• Earthian Gaiden Himitsu no Hanazono (アーシアン外伝 秘密の花園) 2002
• Bite Me

Incomplete works

• B-gata Doumei (B型同盟) 1988–1989

1. • Genji (源氏) 1988–1995
   1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. • Yajō Teikoku (夜嬢帝国) 1988–1989
   • Arisu in Wonderland (ありす IN WONDERLAND) 1989–1992
   1. • Vanpu - Kyūketsu no To - (ヴァンプ-吸血の徒-) 1989–1995

• Hurricane Hill (ハリケーン・ヒル) 1997
• Chronicle (クロニクル) 1998

Short works

• Metal Heart (メタルハート) 1986
• Mind Size (マインドサイズ) 1986–1988
• Glass Magic (グラス・マジック) 1988
• Hot Staff '88 (ほっと・すたっふ'88) 1988
• Ōkami wo Meguru Bouken (狼をめぐる冒険) 1989
• Kugatsu no Natsu (9月の夏) 1989
• Yakusoku no Natsu (約束の夏) 1991
• Yousei Jiken 1992 (妖精事件 1992) 1992
• Kurayamizaka (暗闇坂) 1999

Collaborations

• Wakakusa Monogatari (若草物語) (original creator: Louisa May Alcott) 1985
• Choushinka Enasu (超新化エナス) (original creator: Toshiki Hirano) 1988–1989
• Carol - K (CAROL-K) (original creator: Naoto Kine) 1995–1998
• Clock Tower Ghost Head (クロックタワーゴーストヘッド) (original creator: Human Entertainment) 1998
• Majuu no Kuru Yoru (魔獣の来る夜) (Kaoru Kurimoto) 2001
• Houkago, Nanajikan-me. (放課後、七時間目。) (original creator: Nisio Isin) 2006
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 in those days (機動戦士ガンダム00 in those days) (original creator: Sunrise) 2008–2010
• Neon Genesis Evangelion Comics Tribute (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン コミックトリビュート) (original creator: Gainax, khara inc.) 2010
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Paradise TV (機動戦士ガンダム00 楽園TV) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010
• Itsuka Dokoka no Matikado de (いつかどこかの街角で) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010

Artbook collections

• LOVE SONGS (1988)
• SSSSPECIAL (1989)
• YOUR EYES ONLY (2005)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Design Works (2009)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Dear Meisters COMIC&ARTS (2009)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Works Complete (2010)

Other works

• Cycland (CYCLAND サイクランド) 1991
• Setting Collection (いまどきのバンパイア-高河ゆん+大貫健一設定原画集) 1997
• LOVELESS MIND MAP (LOVELESS MIND MAP) 2005

Original character designs

• Carol (Naoto Kine) - (Magic Bus)
• High School Aura Buster (Mio Wakagi) - OVA (OLM, Inc.)
• - PlayStation video game (Atlus) (dating sim)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - anime television series (Sunrise)
• - anime film (Sunrise)
• Un-Go - anime television series (Bones)

Illustrations

• Makenden (Seika Nagare)
• Mangaka Marina series (Hitomi Fujimoto)
• High School Aura Buster (Mio Wakagi)
• Light Gene no Isan (Chōhei Kambayashi)
• Moerurubu Tokyo Annai 2006

Notes and References

1. News: Jörg . Losert . Gestalt . AnimePro.de . February 2, 2010 . German .