You Higuri

Name can also be spelled Higuri, Yuu. (correct pronunciation is same as English "You"). Zodiac: Libra Blood type: A Birth Place: Osaka, Japan Gender: Female Zodiac: Libra

Higuri currently lives in Takarazuka City near Osaka.

Many of her stories draw on tales of historical or fantasy Europe, with swords and magic and dragons and men in tights. Along these lines, almost all of her stories involve themes of homosexual relationships between two men.

She is an only child. Her professional debut was in 1993.

Comic artists who influenced her work include Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki, and the Showa 24 generation of women manga artists led by Moto Hagio who created girls' comics in the 1970s.

Her website can be viewed in English here: http://www.gocomi.com/higuri/front/ (B-U)