Yū Asagiri


Yuriko Takano, better known by the pen name Yū Asagiri, was a female Japanese manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. She made her professional manga debut in 1976. Asagiri received the 1987 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Nanairo Magic. She died on 27 October 2018 from severe pneumonia.

Works

Asagiri started her career in 1978 drawing shōjo manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine. In the mid-1990s, she switched to josei manga, and to boy's love manga. She also provided illustrations for boy's love novels.

Shojo manga

Aoi Uchuu no Runa Hanashishuu Kodemari ni Yosete Watashi no Koi wa Hoshi Makase Kirara Hoshi no Daiyogen. Story by Kyoko Mizuki.Aitsu ga Hero! Ashita Kara no Hero Kocchi Muite Love! Apple Dream Akogare Boukensha Nanairo Magic Ai Boy Sotsugyou Shashin Minmin! Kon na Panic Himawari Nikki Alice no Jikan Onnanoko no Fushigi Onnanoko no Ho-n-ki Kurenai Densetsu Kyasshu na Kankei Yume de Aetar Oneesan no Jijou B.B. Tengoku
  • ''Eve no Subete''

Josei manga

Midnight Panther.

Boy's love manga

Knock o 3-kai Second Love Lonely Soldier Gogo no Ihoujin Lover's Kiss Miserarete Hitomi no Honne Hitomi no Giwaku Kin no Cain (Golden Cain) Joouheika no Oniwaban
  • * Mr. Secret Floor - Shousetsuka no Tawamure na Hibiki
  • * Mr. Secret Floor - Honoo no Ouji
  • * Mr. Secret Floor - Sabaku no Kaori no Otoko
  • * Mr. Secret Floor - Gunpuku no Koibito
  • * Mr. Secret Floor - Boku wo Kurau Kemono no Kagayaki

Illustration books

In the 2 decades Asagiri Yu Illustration Collection.