Eiki Eiki
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is a Japanese manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

 who has been creating manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 since 1998. Most of her manga are written under the yaoi
Yaoi
In careful Japanese enunciation, all three vowels are pronounced separately, for a three-mora word, . The English equivalent is . also known as Boys' Love, is a Japanese popular term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by...

 genre. One of her good friends, also a fellow manga artist, is Mikiyo Tsuda
Mikiyo Tsuda
is a manga writer and illustrator from Japan who has been writing manga since 1998. This name is one of her two pen names that she writes under when drawing manga, the other being . Under the name Taishi Zaō, she writes boys love and girls love manga while under Mikiyo Tsuda she writes comedy-shōjo...

, otherwise known as Taishi Zaō. They often co-author manga together, display their art together, and have autograph sessions together, among other things. Eiki Eiki has even been known to sometimes act as Taishi Zaō's manager.

Many manga artists often adopt artistic persona
Persona
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον...

s for themselves in order to represent themselves in sections of their manga not attributed to the story, as in an author's note section. Eiki Eiki's persona is that of a rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...

 wearing a red bow tie
Bow tie
The bow tie is a type of men's necktie. It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around the collar in a symmetrical manner such that the two opposite ends form loops. Ready-tied bow ties are available, in which the distinctive bow is sewn into shape and the band around the neck incorporates a clip....

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She is the grandchild of former Prime minister of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...

 Noboru Takeshita
Noboru Takeshita
was a Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan from November 6, 1987 to June 3, 1989.Takeshita was also the last Prime Minister during the long rule of the Emperor Shōwa.-Early years:...

  and the older sister of rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 singer Daigo
Daigo (musician)
, formerly known as Daigo☆Stardust, is a Japanese singer-songwriter for the band Breakerz. His grandfather on his mother's side is former prime minister of Japan, Noboru Takeshita. His older sister is the manga artist, Eiki Eiki. He debuted in 2003 as Daigo☆Stardust under the Victor Entertainment....

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Works

  • The Art of Loving
  • Dear Myself
    Dear Myself
    is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiki Eiki, with a sequel, World's End. They are licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing which released Dear Myself in August 2006 and World's End in October 2007...

    • Unmei ni Kiss - sequel
    • World's End - sequel
  • Prime Minister
  • Train Train
    Train Train (manga)
    is a manga by Eiki Eiki first published in Wings and licensed by Digital Manga Publishing.- Reception :"Train Train is off the wall screwball comedy that is as energetic as it is funny." — Holly Ellingwood, activeAnime....

  • Yuigon
  • Scissors Sisters - coauthored with Daigo and drawn by Marico.

Co-authored with Taishi Zaō

  • Color
    Color (manga)
    is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Taishi Zaou and Eiki Eiki. Color was serialized in Dear+, a magazine known for its romantic and non-explicit boys love manga published by Shinshokan, and a tankōbon collecting the chapters released in February 1999. Color is licensed in North...

    (1999)
  • Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu (2007) - a collection of yuri stories that were serialized in Yuri Hime
    Yuri Hime
    is a quarterly manga anthology magazine published in Japan by Ichijinsha. The first volume was published in July 2005. It is the successor to Yuri Shimai and features manga with the same yuri themes. Comic Yuri Hime was financially dependent upon Monthly Comic Zero Sum, but from 2008 on the...

    , such as She-Wolf and First Kiss.
  • Love DNA Double X
  • LOVE STAGE!!

External links

Eiki Eiki's website
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