Kei Kusunoki
Kei Kusunoki | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mayumi Ōhashi
March 24, 1966 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Relatives | Kaoru Ohashi (sister) |
| Website | K2Office (in Japanese) |
Mayumi Ōhashi (大橋真弓, Ōhashi Mayumi, born March 24, 1966), better known by her pen name Kei Kusunoki (楠 桂, Kusunoki Kei), is a Japanese manga artist known for her horror and comedy manga series. Her notable works include Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō, Ogre Slayer, and Girls Saurus.
Biography
Kusunoki was born on 24 March 1966 in Iwakura, Aichi Prefecture. She is married and has a daughter Hana and a son. Kusunoki has collaborated with her twin sister Kaoru Ōhashi, who also works as a manga artist.
Kusunoki has focused most of her career on anime production. She debuted as a manga artist in 1982 in Ribon Original with Nanika ga Kanojo Tōri Tsuita?. Kusunoki had stopped writing manga for a period in order to cope with a miscarriage before returning and writing Bitter Virgin. Most of her works have not been officially translated and published in English.
Works
- Nanika ga Kanojo Tōri Tsuita? (1982)
- Yagami-kun no Katei no Jijō (1986-1990)
- Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma (1989)
- Ogre Slayer (1992-2001)
- Dokkan Love (1996)
- Donmai Princess (2000)
- D no Fuuin (2000)
- Diabolo (2001-2003)
- Girls Saurus (2002)
- Girls Saurus DX (2003-2008)
- 100 Ways of an Exorcist (2005–present)
- Bitter Virgin (2006-2008)
- Innocent W (2004-2006)
- Sengoku Nights (2006)
- Vampire (or Kessaku Tanpenshuu Vampire)
- Koi Tomurai
- Yaoyorozu Toushinden Kami-gakari (2009–present)