, known by the pen name

Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...

 , is a Japanese 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...

. She made her manga debut in the January 1984 issue of Ciao

Ciao (magazine)

is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for young girls . The first issue was launched in 1977. As of 2009, the circulation was 815,455. Formerly, the magazine attached paper crafts, but now attaches various goods that are different every month...

with her story Chotto dake Biyaku. Since then, Arai has contributed many stories to Ciao, its sister magazine ChuChu

Chuchu (magazine)

ChuChu is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shogakukan for early teen girls . ChuChu became a monthly published shōjo manga magazine as a separation from Ciao in December 2005...

, and fellow Shogakukan shojo magazine Cheese!

Cheese!

Cheese! is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine under the publication of Shogakukan. In their official website they also refer to themselves as Monthly Cheese!...

.

Works

This list may not be comprehensive.

• Alice ni Omakase!
• Angel Lip
• Natural Angel (sequel of Angel Lip)
• Ask Dr. Rin!
  Ask Dr. Rin!
  is an eight volume manga series by Kiyoko Arai about a young girl named Meilin Kanzaki who is endowed with Feng shui powers which allow her to read people's fortunes and give advice on how to receive good luck. She does this on a website under the pseudonym of "Dr. Rin." She loves her friend Asuka...
  
  (Dr. Lin ni Kiitemite!) (feng shui
  Feng shui
  Feng shui ' is a Chinese system of geomancy believed to use the laws of both Heaven and Earth to help one improve life by receiving positive qi. The original designation for the discipline is Kan Yu ....
  
  -themed manga)
• Beauty Pop
  Beauty Pop
  is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kiyoko Arai. It originally ran in the Japanese manga magazine Ciao. Beauty Pop is published in English by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat label and in French by Soleil Manga...
  
  
• Curry Club ni Ai ni Kite
• Genki de Fight!!
• Kamisama O•Ne•Ga•I
• Kokuhaku Hiyori
• Magical Idol Pastel Yumi
  Magical Idol Pastel Yumi
  is a magical girl anime series by Studio Pierrot. It was simultaneously released as a manga by Kiyoko Arai. The fourth magical girl series created by Studio Pierrot, Pastel Yumi also appears in a feature-length OVA as well as the Majokko Club Yoningumi A-kūkan kara no Alien X OVA.-Story:Yumi...
  
  
• Magical Star Magical Emi
• Yomogi Mochi Yake Ta?
• Runway wo Produce!!
• Runway  WARS!

Awards

In 1999, Arai won the 44th Shogakukan Manga Award

Shogakukan Manga Award

The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...

 for shōjo manga for her manga Angel Lip.

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