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...

 best known for Aishiteruze Baby

Aishiteruze Baby

is a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004...

. Maki debuted in 1999 with Love Service! in Ribon Original

Ribon Original

Ribon Original was a shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha. It was a sister magazine of Ribon, and was published from 1981 until 2006. New and up-and-coming Ribon manga artists often had their first short stories published in this magazine...

 magazine. She also has a pet dog named Leo and her profile in the Aishiteruze Baby comic says her hobby is "...blowing soap bubbles" and that one of her skills is "...passing quickly through a crowd of people".

Works

• 14R — Collection of short stories, containing:
  • 14R
  • Mahiru ni Kakedasu
  • Watakushi-sama
  • Koi o Hajimeru Bokutachi ni
  • Daily News

• Aishiteruze Baby
  Aishiteruze Baby
  is a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004...
  
   (7 volumes)

• Atashi wa Bambi (3 volumes) — Also includes:
  • Kokoro Kirari (vol.1)
  • Aiko de Jo (vol.2)
  • Kiite Kiite Ouji (vol.3)
  • Survival (vol.3)

• Kareki ni Koi o Sakasemasu — Collection of short stories, containing:
  • Kareki ni Koi o Sakasemasu
  • Heavy Crash!!
  • Juicy Game
  • Love Service!

• Sora Sora — Also includes:
  • Koishiterururu

• Star Blacks (2 volumes)

• Taranta Ranta (2 volumes)

• Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
  Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
  is a Japanese manga created by Maki Yoko, author of Aishiteruze Baby. The serial first ran in the February 2007 issue of Ribon.- Story :Hotate is a ten year old girl with a unique gift: she can see and communicate with the spirits of those who have died. After the death of her mother, young Hotate...
  
   (4 volumes)

• Aishitenai

• Shouri no Akuma

• Zen Zen

• Green Boy & Blue Girl

External links

• Ribon Waku-Waku Station Ribon Official website