Yu Aida
Yu Aida (相田 裕, Aida Yū, born November 8, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known as the creator of Gunslinger Girl. Aida has also done the character designs for the eroge visual novel Bittersweet Fools.
Yu Aida
- Name
- Yu Aida
- Born
- 8 November 1977
- Birthplace
- Tochigi Prefecture
- Known for
- Gunslinger Girl, Bittersweet Fools
- Education
- Meiji University
- Occupation
- Manga artist, illustrator
- Nationality
- Japan
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Yu Aida was born on 8 November 1977.
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Key facts
• Name — Yu Aida • Born — 8 November 1977 • Birthplace — Tochigi Prefecture • Known for — Gunslinger Girl, Bittersweet Fools • Education — Meiji University • Occupation — Manga artist, illustrator • Website — http: www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~jewelbox/
Works
Works
• Bittersweet Fools (character designs) • Gunslinger Girl (May 2002 – September 2012, Dengeki Daioh) • 1518! (August 2014 – March 2019, Big Comic Spirits) • The Valiant Must Fall (February 2021 – present, Young Animal)
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1977
Yu Aida was born in 1977.
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