Female authors of manga
This is a list of female authors of manga:
- Risu Akizuki
- Moyoco Anno (Happy Mania, Sugar Sugar Rune)
- Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Izumi Aso
- Clamp (a collective formed in 1989; membership has changed over the years; notable works include Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, and xxxHolic)
- Nariko Enomoto
- Machiko Hasegawa (Sazae-san, beginning in 1946)
- Mizuno Hideko (Fire)
- Yumiko Igarashi (artist of Candy Candy)
- Ippongi Bang
- Fusako Kuramochi
- Suzue Miuchi (Glass Mask)
- Kyoko Mizuki (writer of Candy Candy)
- Milk Morizono
- Maki Murakami (Gravitation)
- Tomoko Ninomiya (London Doubt Boys)
- Keiko Nishi
- Chiho Saito (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
- Megumi Tachikawa (Saint Tail)
- Kaoru Tada
- Satosumi Takaguchi
- Rumiko Takahashi (InuYasha, Ranma ½)
- Natsuki Takaya (Fruits Basket)
- Naoko Takeuchi (Sailor Moon)
- Yumi Tamura (Basara, 7 Seeds)
- Ebine Yamaji (Indigo Blue)
- Sumika Yamamoto
- Waki Yamato
- Year 24 Group (a collective formed in 1969 that is largely responsible for the modern shōjo genre; membership has changed over the years)