Makoto Ojiro

Makoto Ojiro is a Japanese manga artist from Saitama Prefecture. She is known for her work Insomniacs After School.

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Early life

Ojiro started working as an assistant for another manga artist Masashi Asaki when she was 19. She made her debut in Weekly Young Magazine four years later in 2006.

Works

' Koibito 8-gō ZOO FACTORY Neko no Otera no Chion-san Insomniacs After School
– Collaboration with Mari Okada

Charity works

From 3 May to 2 June 2024, a special event was held in Nanao by Makoto aiming to support the city after it was hit by the 2024 Noto earthquake. With the help of the manga publisher Shogakukan, the proceeds from the sales of her manga, Insomniacs After School—which is set in Nanao—will be donated to the city's relief fund for one year, from 16 April 2024 to 15 April 2025.

Accolades

Makoto won the 2016 Bros Comic Awards for her work on Neko no Otera no Chion-san.