, real name , 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 her horror and comedy 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...

 series. She debuted in 1982 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...

with Nanika ga Kanojo Tōri Tsuita?. Her twin-sister Kaoru Ōhashi also works as a manga artist.

Works

Kusunoki focused most of her career on anime production. Just recently she returned to manga, drawing Bitter Virgin

Bitter Virgin

is a seinen manga presented by Kei Kusunoki and serialized in Young Gangan. Prior to producing this manga, Kusunoki had stopped writing for a period in order to cope with a miscarriage....

. Most of her works have not been officially translated and published in English.

• Yagami-kun's Family Affairs
  Yagami-kun's Family Affairs
  is a manga series by Kei Kusunoki which was originally serialized in Japan in Young Sunday from March 1986 to May 1990. The manga was later adapted into a three episode OVA series in 1990, and an eleven episode television drama.-Plot:...
  
  (1986)
• Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
  Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma
  is a 1989 Japanese original video animation directed by Takashi Anno.-Plot:A terrible war has ravaged the land, and now, fueled by the blood of numerous fallen warriors the Yōma, demons from hell, emerge once more...
  
  (1989)
• Ogre Slayer (1994)
• Dokkan Love (1996)
• Donmai Princess (2000)
• D no Fuuin (2000)
• Girls Saurus DX (2003-2008)
• 100 Ways of an Exorcist (2005-ongoing)
• Bitter Virgin
  Bitter Virgin
  is a seinen manga presented by Kei Kusunoki and serialized in Young Gangan. Prior to producing this manga, Kusunoki had stopped writing for a period in order to cope with a miscarriage....
  
  (2006-2008)
• Diabolo (manga)
  Diabolo (manga)
  is a manga by Kaoru Ohashi and Kei Kusunoki. The story takes place in Japan. The plot revolves around teenagers being converted to followers of the "Diabolo" by a secret society in exchange for the fulfillment of their wishes...
  
  (2005)
• Innocent W (2004-2006)
• Sengoku Nights (2006)
• Vampire (manga) (or Kessaku Tanpenshuu Vampire)
• Koi Tomurai
• Yaoyorozu Toushinden Kami-gakari (2009-ongoing)

External links

• J-pop.com