Hinako Takanaga
Hinako Takanaga is a Japanese yaoi manga artist from Nagoya. She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Most of her works have been translated into English and German (chiefly by Tokyopop imprints).
Hinako Takanaga
- Name
- Hinako Takanaga
- Birthplace
- Aichi, Japan
- Known for
- Yaoi romantic comedies
- Occupation
- Manga artist
- Born
- 1972 · Nagoya.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Fields
- mangaka
- Languages
- Japanese
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Hinako Takanaga is a Japanese yaoi manga artist from Nagoya. She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Most of her works have been translated into English and German (chiefly by Tokyopop imprints).
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Her influences include Suzue Miuchi, Yun Kōga and Range Murata.
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• Name — Hinako Takanaga • Birthplace — Aichi, Japan • Known for — Yaoi romantic comedies • Occupation — Manga artist • Website — http: anaguranz.blog95.fc2.com/
Biography
Biography
Hinako Takanaga was born on September 16 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Her first manga story, Prayers for a passing grade, was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1995. As the story continued it was later retitled Challengers, and it spawned a spinoff series titled The Tyrant Falls in Love. She currently lives in Osaka. She was a guest at Yaoi-Con in 2007 and 2010, invited by Digital Manga Publishing, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly and The Tyrant Falls in Love.
Manga
Manga
• Challengers, 1995, 4 volumes • Benkyou Shinasai! Study Hard!, 1999, 1 volume (This work has an English subtitle; as of September 2011 it is not licensed in English.) • Little Butterfly, 2001, 3 volumes • Love Round!!, 2002, 1 volume • Liberty Liberty!, 2003, 1 volume • Croquis, 2004, 1 volume • Dekiru Otoko ga Suki Nanda!, 2004, 1 volume; English title A Capable Man • Awkward Silence, 2004, 6 volumes (completed) • The Tyrant Falls in Love, 2004, 14+ volumes (ongoing) • Turning Point, 2005, 1 volume • You Will Fall in Love, 2005, 1 volume • You Will Drown in Love, 2006, 3 volumes • The Devil's Secret, 2007, 1 volume • You Will Be Thrown Into Chaos by Love, 2011 (completed)
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Illustrations
• The Guilty Series, by Katsura Izumi • Yuuzai, English title The Guilty Vol. 1: Verdict, 2002 • Original Sin, English title The Guilty Vol. 2: Original Sin, 2002 • Atonement, English title The Guilty Vol. 3: Redemption, 2003 • Sinking into Sin, English title The Guilty Vol. 4: Forsaken, 2004 • Shirasagi Series, by Haruhi Sakiya • Kiss wa daiji ni sarigenaku, 2005 • Yume wa kirei ni shidokenaku, 2005 • Koi wa jouzu ni adokenaku, 2006 • Heiousen no moritoriamu, 2007 • Suichokusen no stoishizumu, 2007 • Mitsu wa yoru yori kagirinaku, 2008 • Shinkan Series, by Tamaki Yoshida • The priest is loved by the king, 2005 • The priest drives the king crazy, 2007 • Shinkan wa ou o koishitau, 2007 • Shinkan wa ou o nayamaseru, 2010 • Sakihokoru mitsugetsu, by Runoa Mafune, 2008
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- 1.Hinako Takanaga (Author of The Tyrant Falls in Love, Volume 1).
- 2.Hinako Takanaga – Interview With BL Mangaka Author.
- 3.Juné by DMP Announces Yaoi Con 2007 Guest – Hinako Takanaga.
- 4.Little Butterfly's Hinako Takanaga to Attend Yaoi-Con (Updated).
- 5.The Tyrant Falls In Love/Koi suru Bo-kun OVA Listed.
- 6.NYAF 2009: Tokyopop.
- 7.Skizzen der Liebe.
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