Futago Kamikita


Jitsuna Kamikita and Kizuna Kamikita, born August 11 1960 in Kōchi Prefecture, are two Japanese manga artists and character designers, twin sisters, who work together under the pseudonym of Futago Kamikita. They are best known internationally for creating the manga versions of the Pretty Cure franchise.
Their previous pen names include Futago Kamikitazawa, and Shimai Kamikita.
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Biography

The Kamikita twins started drawing at a young age, influenced by their mother, passionate about painting. Later on, they attended the University of Tokyo.
As animators and designers in Hiroshi Sasagawa's studio, in 1989 they won the Shueisha Akatsuka Award with RED HOT, published in the special winter issue of Shōnen Jump. From 2002 to 2004, they drew the paper version of Akubi Girl, and then they started adapting Pretty Cure, serialized in Nakayoshi, of which they also realized short sticker stories throughout the years. In 2006, the Kamikita twins participated in designing the monsters of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. 2006 was also the year of Otona no naisho-banashi ~ Tobī to Eruka no dokidoki nikki ~. In January 2008, the joined the staff of the remake of Yatterman as character designers.
In 2011 they joined the planning of the collectible card game Cardfight!! Vanguard. In the second half of 2012, they illustrated three storybooks for children: Cinderella, Snow White and The Little Mermaid.

Works

Manga

RED HOT – short story, 1989Kekkō majo kamo – short story, 1995Kimagure Matatabishi Star – 1995–1996Akubi Girl – 2002-2004Futari wa Pretty Cure – single volume, 2004–2005Futari wa Pretty Cure – 2005–2006Eiga Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart – single volume, 2005Eiga Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart 2 Yukizora no tomodachi – single volume, 2005Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star – 2 volumes, 2006–2007Eiga Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash☆Star Tick tack kiki ippatsu! – single volume, 2006Otona no naisho-banashi ~ Tobī to Eruka no dokidoki nikki ~ – 2006Yes! PreCure 5 – 2007–2008Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! – 2008–2009Fresh Pretty Cure! – 2 volumes, 2009–2010HeartCatch PreCure! – 2 volumes, 2010–2011Suite PreCure – 2 volumes, 2011–2012Smile PreCure! – 2012–2013Dokidoki! PreCure – 2013–2014HappinessCharge PreCure! – 2014–2015Go! Princess PreCure – 2015–2016Maho Girls PreCure! – 2016–2017Kirakira PreCure a la Mode – 2017–2018Hugtto! PreCure – 2018–2019Star Twinkle PreCure – 2019Healin' Good Pretty Cure – 2020-2021Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure – 2021-2022Delicious Party Pretty Cure – 2022-2023Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure – 2023-2024Wonderful Pretty Cure! – 2024-2025You and Idol Pretty Cure – 2025-2026

Illustrated books

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Character design

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