is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 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...

. Her debut work was a one volume 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...

 titled Tennen Yuuryouji. Many of her works are serialized in Enix

Enix

The was a Japanese company that produced video games, anime and manga. The company was founded by Yasuhiro Fukushima on September 22, 1975 as and renamed Enix in 1982...

magazines, with collected volumes published by Square Enix

Square Enix

is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...

. Her series KAMUI

Kamui (manga)

is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Japanese author Shingo Nanami. The manga was serialized in the Monthly Stencil magazine, and later serialized in Monthly Gangan WING magazine, and published in Japan by SQUARE ENIX....

 has been translated and published in English by Broccoli Books beginning in 2005. She is current working on the series Sengoku Strays

Sengoku Strays

is a Japanese shōnen manga series by written and illustrated by Shingo Nanami. The manga is currently being serialized in the Monthly Gangan Wing magazine, and published in Japan by Square Enix.-Plot:...

, which is featured in the inaugural issue of Square Enix's new magazine, Gangan Joker.

According to her English-language publisher, Nanami is ambidextrous, but draws her manga only with her left hand.

External links

• SN-1 Shingo Nanami's Official Website