Pink Hanamori

Pink Hanamori (花森 ぴんく Hanamori Pinku, born November 5, 1977 in Shizuoka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist known for illustrating the manga Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch which was written by Michiko Yokote. Michiyo Kikuta (Mamotte! Lollipop) once worked under Hanamori as an assistant. Hanamori is a fan of Shōnen manga, and works for Nakayoshi.

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

Works

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 Yū Yū / ゆめゆめ☆ゆうゆう)(December 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007) 3 tankoban (volumes)
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

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 (Japanese) (Now Closed)
• Pink Hanamori's Official Blog, Blog (Japanese)
• Pink Hanamori at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Pink Hanamori at Nakayoshi Online (Japanese)
• Pink Hanamori's Manga at Nakayoshi Online (Japanese)