Asumiko Nakamura

Asumiko Nakamura 中村 明日美子
Born	January 5 Kanagawa, Japan
Area(s)	Manga Artist, illustrator
Notable works	Doukyusei -Classmates-

Asumiko Nakamura (中村 明日美子, Nakamura Asumiko, born January 5) is a Japanese manga artist, born in Kanagawa Prefecture. She began her career as an author in 2000. She is best known for her Yaoi or boys' love manga and her major work is Doukyusei (ja:同級生^?, lit. "Classmates") which was released in 2006–07 The manga was made into an animated movie in 2016 that made 200 million JPY at the box office. It was also adapted into English and released to Blu-ray. It has also spawned several sequel works in 2007–13 including Sotsugyōsei (卒業生^?, lit. "Graduates"). In 2012, Nakamura released a mystery manga called Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist, which was translated and published into English by Vertical. Other major works include Kimiyoubi: Tetsudo Syoujo Manga 2, Kaori no Keishō , Ano Hi, Seifuku de , which have charted on Oricon's best-selling manga in 2015.

Works

Yaoi comics

• あなたのためならどこまでも (If it’s for you, no matter how far) – 1 volume
• ばら色の頬のころ (Times of Rose-Colored Cheeks) – 1 volume
• コペルニクスの呼吸 (The Breath of Copernicus) – 2 volumes
• ダブルミンツ(Double Mints) – 1 volume
• 同級生 (Classmates) – 1 volume, digitally licensed in US by Jmanga, DMG
• Jの総て(All about J) – 3 volumes
• 空と原(Sora and Hara) – 1 volume
• 卒業生 (Graduates) – 2 volumes

Other comics

• 呼出し一（はじめ）(Yobidashi (Hajime)) – 1 volume, ongoing
• 片恋の日記少女(The Girl in the diary of Unrequited Love) – 1 volume
• ノケモノと花嫁 THE MANGA (A Reject and The Bride: THE MANGA) – 3 volumes, ongoing
• ウツボラ: The Story of a Novelist (Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist) – 2 volumes; licensed in the US by Vertical Inc

Oneshot collections

• 2週間のアバンチュール (A 2-week Adventure) – 1 volume
• 曲がり角のボクら (We of the turning corner) – 1 volume
• 鉄道少女漫画 (Tetsudou Shojo Manga) – 1 volume
• 鶏肉倶楽部 (Chicken Club) – 1 volume
• 理想の世界 (Perfect World) - 1 volume

Illustrations

• 黒い竜は二度誓う(Kuroi Ryuu wa Nido Chikau) – 1 volume
• 萌え男子がたり(Moe Danshi Gatari) – 2 volumes
• 先生のおとりよせ(Sensei no Otoriyose) - ongoing

She also has many one-shots for other magazines such as Gothic & Lolita Bible, Manga Erotics F, Kera, Mellow Mellow, Le Paradis and has works featured in various yaoi anthologies.

External links

• Asumiko Nakamura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Asumiko Nakamura at Media Arts Database (Japanese)