Hinako Takanaga Explained

Hinako Takanaga
Birth Place:	Aichi, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Known For:	yaoi romantic comedies
Occupation:	Manga artist
Website:	http://anaguranz.blog95.fc2.com/

is a Japanese yaoi manga artist from Nagoya. She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Most of her works have been translated into English and German (chiefly by Tokyopop imprints). Her influences include Suzue Miuchi, Yun Koga and Range Murata.^[1]

Biography

Hinako Takanaga was born on September 16 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Her first manga story,, was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1995. As the story continued it was later retitled Challengers, and it spawned a spinoff series titled The Tyrant Falls in Love. She currently lives in Osaka.

She was a guest at Yaoi-Con in 2007 and 2010, invited by Digital Manga Publishing, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly and The Tyrant Falls in Love.^[2] ^[3]

Bibliography

Manga

, 1995, 4 volumes
, 1999, 1 volume (This work has an English subtitle; as of September 2011 it is not licensed in English.)
, 2001, 3 volumes
Love Round!!, 2002, 1 volume
, 2003, 1 volume
, 2004, 1 volume^[4] ^[5]
, 2004, 1 volume; English title A Capable Man
, 2004, 6 volumes (completed)
, 2004, 14+ volumes (ongoing)
, 2005, 1 volume
, 2005, 1 volume
, 2006, 3 volumes
, 2007, 1 volume
, 2011 (completed)

Illustrations

The Guilty Series, by

, English title The Guilty Vol. 1: Verdict, 2002

, English title The Guilty Vol. 2: Original Sin, 2002

, English title The Guilty Vol. 3: Redemption, 2003

, English title The Guilty Vol. 4: Forsaken, 2004
Shirasagi Series, by

, 2005

, 2005

, 2006

, 2007

, 2007

, 2008
Shinkan Series, by

, 2005

, 2007

, 2007

, 2010
, by, 2008

References

Web site: Hinako Takanaga – Interview With BL Mangaka Author . Active Anime . November 27, 2007 . December 28, 2011 .
Web site: Juné by DMP Announces Yaoi Con 2007 Guest – Hinako Takanaga. Mar 14, 2007. Anime News Network. 2009-06-05.
Web site: Little Butterfly's Hinako Takanaga to Attend Yaoi-Con (Updated). May 19, 2010. Anime News Network. 2011-06-05.
Web site: Lissa . Pattillo . NYAF 2009: Tokyopop . September 25, 2009 . Kuriousity . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222152932/http://www.kuriousity.ca/2009/09/nyaf-2009-tokyopop/ . December 22, 2016 . live .
News: Katja . Bürk . Skizzen der Liebe . AnimePro.de . July 17, 2010 . German . https://web.archive.org/web/20161217034957/https://www.animepro.de/anima/db/1272_skizzen-der-liebe-manga . December 17, 2016 . dead . December 17, 2016 .