is a Japanese shà Âjo manga artist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. She made her professional debut in 1978 with Kotchi muite Marie!! in the weekly Shà Âjo Comic, for which she won a Shogakukan New Artist Award. In 1985, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shà Âjo for . She is best known in the United States as the author of Dolls, which was licensed by Viz Media.