is a Japanese female mangaka, based in Adachi, Tokyo. She is noted for being the author and creator of the "Honey and Clover" series, for which, in 2003, she received the Kodansha Manga Award, and has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C. Staff. Her pen name comes from her favorite location "umi no chikaku no yuuenchi" (海の近くの遊園地, lit. an amusement park by the sea), which is also the title of her dojin works prior to her debut. Wikipedia
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