Yua Kotegawa

Yua Kotegawa ( Japanese 小 手 川 ゆ あ , Kotegawa Yua ; born January 12, 1975 in Kumamoto , Japan ) is a Japanese manga artist . Her works are aimed at adult men and therefore belong to the genre of his .

Life

Yua Kotegawa published her first manga as a professional draftswoman in May 1995 with Ottori Sōsa in a special edition of the manga magazine Young Jump . Originally planned as a short story, Ottori Sōsa was published in individual chapters in Young Jump until 2000 and comprises over 2100 pages. After completing the manga, the artist Anne Freaks began , which developed into her most famous work and appeared in Shōnen-Ace magazine, for which Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and CLAMP also drew. Anne Freaks was translated into French, English and German and ended in 2002 after more than 650 pages. This was followed by Arcana and Shikeishu 042 for the Shueisha publishing house as well as the One Shot Line, also published in German and English, for the Kadokawa-Shoten publishing house. Line is about a girl who learns about future suicides on her cell phone and tries to prevent them.

Works

• Ottori Sōsa (お っ と り 捜 査 ), 1995–2000, 10 volumes
• Anne Freaks , 2000–2002, 4 volumes
• Arcana ( ア ル カ ナ , Arukana ), 2001, 2 volumes
• Shikeishu 042 ( 死刑 囚 042 ), 2002–2004, 5 volumes
• Line ( ラ イ ン , Rain ), 2003, 1 volume
• Short Song ( シ ョ ー ト ソ ン グ ), 2006, 1 volume
• Kimi no Knife ( 君 の ナ イ フ ), 2009–2013, 10 volumes

Web links

• Official homepage on bekkoame.ne.jp (Japanese)
• Short biography at Carlsen Comics.de