Miki Yoshikawa

Miki Yoshikawa
Born (1982-10-02) October 2, 1982 (age 42)[1][2]
Japan
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Flunk Punk Rumble, Yamada and the Seven Witches
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Miki Yoshikawa (吉河 美希, Yoshikawa Miki) is a Japanese manga artist best known for her manga series Flunk Punk Rumble, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches and A Couple of Cuckoos and their accompanying anime series. Her debut work was a one-shot called Glory Days in Kodansha's Magazine Special.[3] She assisted Hiro Mashima on Rave Master and Fairy Tail.[4][5] In 2005, she released the comedy one-shot Flunk Punk Rumble in Shonen Magazine Wonder, which was later made into a short series and eventually publicized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 2006 to 2011, with a total of 211 chapters.[6] In 2012, she released Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, which has to date sold over 3 million copies, and was adapted into a live-action drama series and a TV anime series.[7] In 2015, Yoshikawa attended Anime Expo as a guest.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, chapter 72 profile as published in Weekly Shonen Magazine
  2. ^ "吉河美希". talenttwit (in Japanese). 有名人ツイッター・芸能人Twitterランキング. Retrieved 22 June 2015. 漫画家の吉河美希さんのtwitter(ツイッター)です。吉河美希（よしかわみき）：1982年生まれ　血液型：A型
  3. ^ Aoki, Deb; Kido, Misaki C. (2016-01-26). "Miki Yoshikawa interview on Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches". Kodansha. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ^ Ashford, Sage (2021-03-31). "10 Mangaka You Didn't Know Had Famous Mentors". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ Green, Scott (2014-07-26). "Kodansha Announces "Let's Dance a Waltz" and "Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  6. ^ ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん ：マンガ連載が最終回へ 成宮寛貴＆仲里依紗でドラマ化 (in Japanese). Mantan Web. May 11, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  7. ^ a b DesignFluxx, LLC. "Miki Yoshikawa - Anime Expo®". Anime Expo®. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  8. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (June 17, 2015). "Crunchyroll, Anime Expo to Host Yamada-Kun & the 7 Witches Creator Miki Yoshikawa". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 19, 2015.