is a popular 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...

 artist and writer. Hugely popular in Japan, especially among teenage girls. Matoh debuted as a manga artist in 1990 with Next to an Angel published by Akita Shoten

Akita Shoten

is a Japanese publishing company established on August 10, 1948 in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its main editorial target has always been teenagers , and it currently publishes mostly manga...

. Her other works include -Fake-, By the Sword

By the Sword (manga)

, also known as Yô, Yo-u, Yo-u - The Moegi and 妖 -YO U-, is a Japanese manga series created by Sanami Matoh, who is also the creator of -FAKE-.-Plot:...

, and Black x Blood. She has also written quite a few dōjinshi

Dojinshi

is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels. Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry. The term dōjinshi is derived from and . Dōjinshi are part of a wider...

, mostly about the popular manga One Piece

One Piece

is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...

. She taught Kazuma Kodaka

Kazuma Kodaka

is a Japanese manga artist. Kodaka made her debut in 1989 in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion with Sessa Takuma!. She mainly writes manga in the Boys Love genre, featuring homosexual relationships between men for women, and has been described as "a pioneer and top-ranked artist" in the genre...

, the author of Kizuna: Bonds of Love

Kizuna: Bonds of Love

is a yaoi manga, authored by Kazuma Kodaka. Released in 1994 and ending with the release of the final volume in 2008, it was one of the first and most popular manga to feature a homosexual relationship....

, shoujo manga drawing techniques.

List of works

• (1990) Tenshi no Soba
• (1992)
• (1994) Fake
• (1995)
• (1995) Black x Blood
• (1998) ; English translation: Until the Full Moon
  Until the Full Moon
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanami Matoh. Originally serialized in Be Boy Comics, the individual chapters were collected and published in a single tankōbon volume by Biblos in 1998....
  
  (2005)
• (1999) TenRyu: The Dragon Cycle; English release (2005)
• (2000) ; English translation: By The Sword
  By the Sword (manga)
  , also known as Yô, Yo-u, Yo-u - The Moegi and 妖 -YO U-, is a Japanese manga series created by Sanami Matoh, who is also the creator of -FAKE-.-Plot:...
  
  (2005)
• (2004) ; English translation: Trash (2006)
• (2007) Fake Second Season

External links

• Sanami Matoh official web site