Yuna Kagesaki

Yuna Kagesaki
Born
Yuna Kagesaki

(1973-03-03) March 3, 1973 (age 51)

Yuna Kagesaki (影崎 由那, Kagesaki Yuna) is a manga artist, born on March 3, 1973,[1] best known for being the author of the manga Chibi Vampire. Her work has been published under four different names: Yuna Kagesaki (影崎 由那, Kagesaki Yuna) (professionally published non-pornographic comics, except for Sakura no Ichiban), Yuna Kagezaki (影崎 由那, Kagezaki Yuna) (same characters but different readings; only in Taishō Komachi Jikenchō Sakura no Ichiban![2]), Yūna Kagesaki (影崎 夕那, Kagesaki Yūna) (spelled with different kanji) when drawing CG's for PC games, and Yuta Kageyama (影山 由多, Kageyama Yuta) when drawing hentai manga or HCG's for PC games.
In the bonus comic strips at the end of volume 3 of her work Hekikai no AiON, she refers to herself as "K-ya (real name)" (K谷(本名), Kēya (hommyō)), suggesting that her real name begins with "K" and ends with "ya".[3][4]

  1. ^ (in Japanese) Sangatsu ga Tanjōbi! (Tsuitachi~Tōka) (3月が誕生日!(1日〜10日))
  2. ^ The front cover and the indicia of all five volumes list her name with furigana: Kagezaki Yuna (かげざきゆな). Additionally, the indicia of all five volumes state either "©2001 YUNA KAGEZAKI" or "©2002 YUNA KAGEZAKI".
  3. ^ Kagesaki, Yuna (2009). Hekikai no Aiōn volume 3 碧海のAiON第3巻. Fujimi Shobō. p. 160. ISBN 978-4-04-712620-6.
  4. ^ The information in this article is also in the Japanese Wikipedia article on the author, where no source is listed, except for a link to her personal web site.