Yun Kouga
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, better known by the pen name
is a female Japanese manga artist
. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko. She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
, and also has a daughter.
artist creating dōjinshi for works such as Saint Seiya
, Captain Tsubasa
and Maōden.
She debuted in a commercial magazine with the original work Metal Heart (serialized in Kobunsha
's Comic VAL from November 1986). After her debut, she continued to contribute on numerous dōjin works. However, the later disbanding of a dōjin circle, Yajō Teikoku, she had founded with Maki Chikura, led to her taking numerous breaks from her commercial works. Due to this, there were incomplete works penned by her during this period.
During her years in middle school, she had been a fan of Masami Kurumada
's manga series Ring ni Kakero
, Fūma no Kojirō
, Saint Seiya
and B't X
(serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump
), sending Kurumada numerous fan letters asking to meet him, after which Kurumada finally agreed, inviting her to his workplace.
When asked about her penname in an interview in the September 2006 issue of Puff, she responded that she had originally thought of making it Jun Kōga, but subsequently changed it to Yun Kōga.
Among her noted works is Loveless
, which has been serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum since 2002 and is ongoing, as well as her work . She has also worked as an illustrator on the noted literary magazine Faust.
In 2007, she contributed the character designs to the Sunrise
anime
series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00
.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
is a female Japanese 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...
. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko. She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Setagaya, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...
, and also has a daughter.
Profile
She began her career as a dōjinshiDojinshi
is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels. Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry. The term dōjinshi is derived from and . Dōjinshi are part of a wider...
artist creating dōjinshi for works such as Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya
, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
, Captain Tsubasa
Captain Tsubasa
, also known as Flash Kicker, is a popular long running Japanese manga, animation, and video game series, originally created by Yōichi Takahashi in 1981...
and Maōden.
She debuted in a commercial magazine with the original work Metal Heart (serialized in Kobunsha
Kobunsha
Kobunsha is a Japanese publishing company. It publishes literature, manga novels, and women's magazines.Kobunsha was first established on October 1, 1945 and belongs to the Kodansha group....
's Comic VAL from November 1986). After her debut, she continued to contribute on numerous dōjin works. However, the later disbanding of a dōjin circle, Yajō Teikoku, she had founded with Maki Chikura, led to her taking numerous breaks from her commercial works. Due to this, there were incomplete works penned by her during this period.
During her years in middle school, she had been a fan of Masami Kurumada
Masami Kurumada
is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and/or mahō shōnen. He is famous as the creator/author of popular manga, such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya and B't X. His male protagonists are a reflection of the classical and...
's manga series Ring ni Kakero
Ring ni Kakero
, or Put It All in the Ring, is a manga created by Masami Kurumada. A total of 25 volumes were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump between 1977 and 1981.- Plot :...
, Fūma no Kojirō
Fuma no Kojiro
is a manga series by Japanese author Masami Kurumada, later adapted to anime. It tells the story of sword legends and rivalry between ninja clans. The main character Kojirō is a young boy who is a member of the Fūma clan...
, Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya
, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
and B't X
B't X
, pronounced "beat X", is a science fiction mecha manga series, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ran for 16 volumes in manga and was later adapted to anime with 25 episodes, then concluded with a 14 episode OVA . The manga was released in America by Tokyopop. The anime was released in...
(serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shonen Jump
is a weekly shōnen manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the Jump line of magazines. The first issue was released with a cover date of July 2, 1968, and it is still circulating. One of the longest-running manga magazines in Japan, it has a circulation of 2.8 million copies...
), sending Kurumada numerous fan letters asking to meet him, after which Kurumada finally agreed, inviting her to his workplace.
When asked about her penname in an interview in the September 2006 issue of Puff, she responded that she had originally thought of making it Jun Kōga, but subsequently changed it to Yun Kōga.
Among her noted works is Loveless
Loveless (manga)
is an ongoing fantasy manga by Yun Kōga. It is currently serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in nine tankōbon as of November 2009...
, which has been serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum since 2002 and is ongoing, as well as her work . She has also worked as an illustrator on the noted literary magazine Faust.
In 2007, she contributed the character designs to the Sunrise
Sunrise (company)
is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...
anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...
.
Unfinished/current works
- LovelessLoveless (manga)is an ongoing fantasy manga by Yun Kōga. It is currently serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum by Ichijinsha and collected in nine tankōbon as of November 2009...
(LOVELESS) 2001– - Tenshichou (天使庁) 2002–2007
- Kill Me (KILL ME) 2003–2006
- Satou-kun to Tanaka-san -The blood highschool (佐藤くんと田中さん -The blood highschool) 2007–
- ISBN 978-4-7580-5601-4
Completed works
- EarthianEarthianis a shōnen-ai manga by Yun Kouga about angel watchers of earth which was made into a J.C.Staff-produced anime OVA. The angels' roles are to assess the progress of humans giving them positive and negative scores based on their everyday actions...
(アーシアン) 1987–1995 - Saffron Zero Beat (サフラン・ゼロ・ビート) 1988–1991 ISBN 978-4-4036-1326-5
- Kodomotachi wa Yoru no Juunin (子供たちは夜の住人) 1988–1990
- ISBN 978-4-2531-5621-9
- ISBN 978-4-2531-5622-6
- Rōrakaizā (ローラカイザー) 1988–1993
- ISBN 978-4-2530-7542-8
- ISBN 978-4-2530-7543-5
- ISBN 978-4-2530-7544-2
- ISBN 978-4-2530-7491-9
- REN AI - Renai - (REN-AI 恋愛) 1989–1999
- ISBN 978-1-9290-9092-1
- ISBN 978-1-9290-9093-8
- ISBN 978-1-9290-9094-5
- You're My Only Shinin' Star (You're My Only Shinin' Star 君はぼくの輝ける星) 1989–1990 ISBN 978-4-0636-0740-6
- Kiga Ichizoku (飢餓一族) 1992–1993 ISBN 978-4-0560-0065-8
- Choujuu Densetsu GestaltGestalt (manga)is an 8-volume fantasy manga series by Yun Kōga and published by Square Enix and later by Ichijinsha that later spawned a two episode OVA series.-Plot:...
(超獣伝説ゲシュタルト) 1992–2001 - Yousei Jiken (妖精事件) 1993–1999
- ISBN 978-4-0636-0854-0
- ISBN 978-4-0636-0855-7
- ISBN 978-4-0636-0856-4
- ISBN 978-4-0636-0857-1
- La Vie en Rose (LA VIE EN ROSE) 1995–1998
- ISBN 978-4-2531-5364-5
- ISBN 978-4-2531-5365-2
- Crown of LoveCrown of Love (manga)is a josei manga by Yun Kōga that is completed in four volumes. It was serialized in Shueisha's COMIC Crimson magazine. The manga tells a story of Hisayoshi, son of opera singer, who meets idol Rima and instantly falls in love with her to the point of obsession.On January 2010 Viz Media has...
(恋愛-CROWN-) 1998–2002 - Hapipuri (はぴぷり) 1999–2001 ISBN 978-4-0560-2709-9
- EarthianEarthianis a shōnen-ai manga by Yun Kouga about angel watchers of earth which was made into a J.C.Staff-produced anime OVA. The angels' roles are to assess the progress of humans giving them positive and negative scores based on their everyday actions...
Gaiden Himitsu no Hanazono (アーシアン外伝 秘密の花園) 2002 ISBN 978-1-5981-6009-3 - Bite Me
- Crown of Love
Incomplete works
- B-gata Doumei (B型同盟) 1988–1989
- ISBN 978-4-0485-2224-3
- Genji (源氏) 1988–1995
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1179-7
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1188-9
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1204-6
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1227-5
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1242-8
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1280-0
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1351-7
- ISBN 978-4-4036-1370-8
- Yajou Teikoku (夜嬢帝国) 1988–1989
- ISBN 978-4-2530-7492-6
- Arisu in Wonderland (ありす IN WONDERLAND) 1989–1992
- ISBN 978-4-3348-0258-5
- ISBN 978-4-3348-0192-2
- Vanpu - Kyuuketsu no To - (ヴァンプ-吸血の徒-) 1989–1995
- Hurricane Hill (ハリケーン・ヒル) 1997
- Chronicle (クロニクル) 1998–1998
- ISBN 978-4-7575-0098-3
Short works
- Metal Heart (メタルハート) 1986
- Mind Size (マインドサイズ) 1986–1988
- Glass Magic (グラス・マジック) 1988
- Hot Staff '88 (ほっと・すたっふ'88) 1988
- Ōkami wo Meguru Bouken (狼をめぐる冒険) 1989
- Kugatsu no Natsu (9月の夏) 1989
- Yakusoku no Natsu (約束の夏) 1991
- Yousei Jiken 1992 (妖精事件 1992) 1992
- Kurayamizaka (暗闇坂) 1999
Collaborations
- Wakakusa MonogatariLittle WomenLittle Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott . The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869...
(若草物語) (original creator: Louisa May AlcottLouisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women was set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868...
) 1985 ISBN 978-4-0510-1519-0 - Choushinka Enasu (超新化エナス) (original creator: Toshiki HiranoToshiki Hiranois a Japanese anime director, animator, and character designer. His wife is animator and manga artist Narumi Kakinouchi. Some of his works have appeared in the adult manga magazine Lemon People.-Character Designer:...
) 1988–1989 - Carol - K (CAROL-K) (original creator: Naoto Kine) 1995–1998
- Clock Tower Ghost HeadClock Tower Ghost HeadClock Tower Ghost Head, known in the US as Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within, is a survival horror created by Human Entertainment, published by Agetec, and released for the PlayStation in 1998...
(クロックタワーゴーストヘッド) (original creator: Human EntertainmentHuman EntertainmentHuman Entertainment was a Japanese computer and video game developer and publisher. The company produced games for a number of platforms, including Dreamcast, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, TurboGrafx-16, PC , PlayStation, Saturn, Sega CD, Super NES, TurboGrafx-CD, and WonderSwan...
) 1998 - Majuu no Kuru Yoru (魔獣の来る夜) (Kaoru KurimotoKaoru Kurimotowas the pen name of , an award-winning Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name to write criticism. She was known for her record-breaking 126-volume Guin Saga series, which has been translated into English, German, French, Italian and Russian...
) 2001 ISBN 978-4-8728-2802-3 - Houkago, Nanajikan-me. (放課後、七時間目。) (original creator: Nisio IsinNisio Isin, frequently written as NisiOisiN to emphasize that his pen name is a palindrome, is a Japanese novelist and manga writer. He attended and left Ritsumeikan University without graduating. In 2002, he debuted with the novel , which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Award at twenty years of age...
) 2006 - Mobile Suit Gundam 00Mobile Suit Gundam 00is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...
in those days (機動戦士ガンダム00 in those days) (original creator: SunriseSunrise (company)is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...
) 2008–2010 ISBN 978-4-0471-5500-8 - Neon Genesis Evangelion Comics Tribute (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン コミックトリビュート) (original creator: GainaxGainaxis a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as Gunbuster, The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with...
, khara inc.) 2010 - Mobile Suit Gundam 00Mobile Suit Gundam 00is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...
Paradise TV (機動戦士ガンダム00 楽園TV) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010 - Itsuka Dokoka no Matikado de (いつかどこかの街角で) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010
Artbook collections
- LOVE SONGS (1988) ISBN 978-4-4036-1165-0
- SSSSPECIAL (1989) ISBN 978-4-4036-1194-0
- YOUR EYES ONLY (2005) ISBN 978-4-7580-3005-2
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Design Works (2009) ISBN 978-4-7580-1128-0
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Dear Meisters COMIC&ARTS (2009) ISBN 978-4-0485-4356-9
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Works Complete (2010) ISBN 978-4-7580-1206-5
Other works
- Cycland (CYCLAND サイクランド) 1991 ISBN 978-4-8936-9122-4
- Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride Setting Collection (いまどきのバンパイア-高河ゆん+大貫健一設定原画集) 1997 ISBN 978-4-8470-2452-8
- LOVELESS MIND MAP (LOVELESS MIND MAP) 2005 ISBN 978-4-7580-5167-5
Original character designs
- CarolCarol (anime)is an anime OVA featuring character designs by Yun Kouga....
(Naoto Kine) - (Magic BusMagic Bus (studio)is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1977 by producer and director Satoshi Dezaki in order to produce the anime TV series Shin Kyojin no Hoshi. In 1983, with Dezaki directing, Magic Bus collaborated in the animation production of...
) - High School Aura Buster (Mio Wakagi) - OVAOriginal video animation, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
(OLM, Inc.) - Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride - PlayStationPlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
Console gameConsole gameA console game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. The game consists of manipulable images generated by a video game console, and displayed on a television or similar audio-video system. The game itself is usually controlled and manipulated using a handheld device connected...
(AtlusAtlusis a Japanese computer and video game developer, publisher, and distributor based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for developing the console role-playing game franchise Megami Tensei. The first Megami Tensei was a Nintendo Entertainment System video game published by Namco based on a trilogy of...
) (dating simDating simDating sims are a video game subgenre of simulation games, usually Japanese, with romantic elements. They are also sometimes put under the category of neoromance. The most common objective of dating sims is to date, usually choosing from among several characters, and to achieve a romantic...
) - Mobile Suit Gundam 00Mobile Suit Gundam 00is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...
- animeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
television series (SunriseSunrise (company)is a Japanese animation studio and production enterprise. It is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings. Its former name was Nippon Sunrise, and prior to that, Sunrise Studios...
) - Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the TrailblazerMobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazeris an animated film set two years after the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, as the film sees Celestial Being against a group of hostile aliens known as ELS. It is the first Gundam series to have included aliens in any of its franchises...
- anime film (Sunrise) - Un-GoUn-Gois a 2011 anime television series produced by Bones which began airing on Fuji TV's noitaminA program block from October 14, 2011. Based on the noted Japanese intellectual and novelist Ango Sakaguchi's novel , the series is being directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Shō Aikawa, who had...
- anime television series (BonesBones (studio)is a Japanese anime studio. It has produced numerous series, including RahXephon, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess, Eureka Seven, Angelic Layer, Darker than Black, Soul Eater, Ouran High School Host Club and two adaptions of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga along with Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto and...
)
Illustrations
- Makenden (Seika Nagare)
- Mangaka Marina series (Hitomi Fujimoto)
- High School Aura Buster (Mio Wakagi)
- Light Gene no Isan (Chōhei Kambayashi)
- Moerurubu Tokyo Annai 2006