Chitose Maki
Encyclopedia
is a female Japanese
manga artist
from Chiba
, Japan
. She is noteworthy as the original illustrator to the Strawberry Panic!
series before Namuchi Takumi
succeeded her. She worked on the series all up until September 2005 when she unexpectedly quit; the reason why she left was never specified.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
from Chiba
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. She is noteworthy as the original illustrator to the Strawberry Panic!
Strawberry Panic!
is a series of Japanese fictional illustrated short stories written by Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools on Astraea Hill. A common theme throughout the stories is the intimate lesbian relationships between the characters...
series before Namuchi Takumi
Namuchi Takumi
is a pen name of a female Japanese illustrator who has worked on light novel and manga projects. She is noteworthy for her work on the Strawberry Panic! light novel and manga editions, which were published by MediaWorks.-External links:*...
succeeded her. She worked on the series all up until September 2005 when she unexpectedly quit; the reason why she left was never specified.