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...

 writer of light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

s. Takemiya debuted in September 2004 with her light novel series Watashitachi no Tamura-kun

Watashitachi no Tamura-kun

is a two-volume Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The first volume was released on June 10, 2005, and the second followed on September 10, 2005, both published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label...

 (Our Tamura-kun) which first appeared in the autumn 2004 issue of Dengeki hp Special, a special edition version of Dengeki hp

Dengeki hp

was a Japanese seinen magazine published by MediaWorks centered on publishing light novels. The first issue was released on December 18, 1998, and for the first eight issues was published quarterly; after this, it is being published bimonthly...

. That same month, Takemiya worked on the scenario for the bishōjo game

Bishojo game

A , or , is "a type of Japanese video game centered on interactions with attractive anime-style girls". These games are a sub-genre of dating sims targeted towards a male audience....

 Noel by FlyingShine (also known for creating Cross Channel

Cross Channel

Cross Channel is an adult visual novel developed by Flying Shine for the Windows and PlayStation 2 platforms. The Windows version was released on September 26, 2003, and the PS2 version on March 18, 2004...

). Following the completion of Watashitachi no Tamura-kun

Watashitachi no Tamura-kun

is a two-volume Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The first volume was released on June 10, 2005, and the second followed on September 10, 2005, both published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label...

, Takemiya began her best-known series, Toradora!

Toradora!

is a Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, with illustrations by Yasu. The series includes ten novels released between March 10, 2006 and March 10, 2009, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. Three volumes of a spin-off light novel series was also created,...

, which she declared to be complete in April 2010 after ten volumes and three spin-off books. The first book of her next series, Golden Time, was Dengeki Bunko's 2000th published light novel. Takemiya will launch the manga series Evergreen with artist Akira Kasukabe on July 19, 2011 in ASCII Media Works

ASCII Media Works

is a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group which formed on April 1, 2008 as a result of a merger between ASCII and MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the president of ASCII Media Works. The company...

' Dengeki Daioh Genesis quarterly magazine.

Works

Light novels (under Dengeki Bunko

Dengeki Bunko

is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works . It was established in June 1993 with the publication of Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania volume one, and is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience...

)

• • Watashitachi no Tamura-kun ISBN 4-8402-3066-8 (June 2005)
  • Watashitachi no Tamura-kun 2 ISBN 4-8402-3152-4 (September 2005)

(under Dengeki Bunko)

• • Toradora! ISBN 4-8402-3353-5 (March 10, 2006)
  • Toradora2! ISBN 4-8402-3438-8 (May 10, 2006)
  • Toradora3! ISBN 4-8402-3551-1 (September 10, 2006)
  • Toradora4! ISBN 978-4-8402-3681-2 (January 10, 2007)
  • Toradora Spinoff! Koufuku no Sakura-iro Tornado ISBN 978-4-8402-3838-0 (May 10, 2007)
  • Toradora5! ISBN 978-4-8402-3932-5 (August 10, 2007)
  • Toradora6! ISBN 978-4-8402-4117-5 (December 10, 2007)
  • Toradora7! ISBN 978-4-04-867019-7 (April 10, 2008)
  • Toradora8! ISBN 978-4-04-867170-5 (August 10, 2008)
  • Toradora9! ISBN 978-4-04-867265-8 (October 10, 2008)
  • Toradora Spinoff 2! Tora, Koyuru Aki ISBN 978-4-04-867459-1 (January 7, 2009)
  • Toradora10! ISBN 978-4-04-867593-2 (March 10, 2009)
  • Toradora Spinoff 3! Ore no Bentou Mite Kure ISBN 978-4-04-868456-9 (April 10, 2010)

(under Dengeki Bunko)
} ISBN 978-4-04-868878-9 (September 10, 2010)
} ISBN 978-4-04-870381-9 (March 10, 2011)
} ISBN 978-4-04-870735-0 (August 10, 2011)

Manga

• Watashitachi no Tamura-kun (with artist Sachi Kurafuji)
• Toradora (with artist Yasu
  Yasu
  Yasu may refer to the following:* The name for Jesus in some languages including Arabic as spoken by Christians and Malayalam...
  
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• Golden Time (with artist Yuu Akinashi)
• Evergreen (with artist Akira Kasukabe)

Games

• Noel (FlyingShine) (September 24, 2004)