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...

 known for illustrating the 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...

 Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

is a shōjo manga and anime series created by Michiko Yokote, with artwork by Pink Hanamori. The manga was originally published in the monthly shōjo manga anthology Nakayoshi...

 which was written by Michiko Yokote

Michiko Yokote

is a Japanese screenwriter. In facts it's a team of screenwriters: they use this name because they are coordinated by a woman named Michiko.-Tokusatsu:*Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger*Mahou Sentai Magiranger*Jūken Sentai Gekiranger*Tensou Sentai Goseiger-Anime:...

. Michiyo Kikuta (Mamotte! Lollipop

Mamotte! Lollipop

is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan between February 2003 and July 2005....

) once worked under Hanamori as an assistant. Hanamori is a fan of Shōnen

Shonen

The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...

 manga, and works for Nakayoshi

Nakayoshi

is a shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First published in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 50 years worth of manga publication history. The target demographic for Nakayoshi is aimed at young girls between...

.

In the April 2008 issue of Nakayoshi it was announced Pink Hanamori would be working with Natsuko Takahashi to do the current remake of Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka

was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...

's Princess Knight

Princess Knight

is a Japanese manga that ran through four serializations from 1954 to 1968, as well as a 1967 Japanese children's animated series. It was dubbed into English and brought over to Western audiences in 1970, where it was called Choppy and the Princess. In 1973, this series was dubbed in Portuguese and...

, under the name "Sapphire: Princess Knight". The manga will be introduced in the May issue of Nakayoshi.

Manga series

• Sapphire: Princess Knight (Sapphire: Ribbon no Kishi) (April 3, 2008 – July 3, 2009)
• My Fiance is a Monster!? ( フィアンセはモンスター！？ / Fiancé wa Monster!? ) (September 3, 2007 – February 3, 2008)
• Yume Yume Yu Yu
  Yume Yume Yu Yu
  is a Japanese shōjo manga and anime series created and drawn by Pink Hanamori. The manga is being published in the monthly shōjo manga anthology Nakayoshi. There are more than ten chapters published and most of them are compiled into volumes issued by Kodansha...
  
   (Yume Yume Yū Yū / ゆめゆめ☆ゆうゆう)(December 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007) 3 tankoban (volumes)
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
  Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
  is a shōjo manga and anime series created by Michiko Yokote, with artwork by Pink Hanamori. The manga was originally published in the monthly shōjo manga anthology Nakayoshi...
  
  

Manga one-shots

• Miss Dieter Heroine (Debut work winning Nakayoshi's New Faces contest)
• Get Nude! (1st story after debut work)
• Moonlight Goddess Diana (2nd story after debut, with color pages)
• Cherry ♥ Blossom (3rd story after debut, with color pages and published in the main Nakayoshi magazine)

Reference sites and more information

• Pink Hanamori's Official Site, LIPS
• Pink Hanamori at Nakayoshi Online
• Pink Hanamori's Manga at Nakayoshi Online