Yū Asagiri

Yuriko Takano (高野夕里子, Takano Yuriko), better known by the pen name Yū Asagiri (あさぎり夕 or 朝霧夕 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]

Yū Asagiri
あさぎり夕
BornYuriko Takano (高野夕里子)
(1956-07-21)July 21, 1956
Tokyo, Japan
Died27 October 2018(2018-10-27) (aged 62)
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Awards1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo
http://www.asagiriyu.to/

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.

References


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