Yū Yabūchi
      
Yū Yabūchi (やぶうち 優, Yabūchi Yū, born 1 December 1969 in Nishinomiya) is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in shōjo manga. Yū Yabuchi's most famous works are Mizuiro Jidai, Shōjo-Shōnen, and Naisho no Tsubomi. The main focus of her manga are the emotional and psychological growth of pre-teen girls and boys and early romances between them. Her works are popular among pre-teen and teenage girls. She received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for Naisho no Tsubomi.[1]
Her favorites subjects to draw are trains and birds (especially the Java sparrow).
 Works 
-  Ani-Com
-  Chiko no Negai
-  Dolly Kanon
-  EVE Shōjo no Tamago
-  Hatsukoi Shinan
-  Hitohira no Koi ga Furu
-  Karen
-  Kimi ga Mai Orite Kita
-  Kimi ni Straight
-  Koi wo Kanaderu Kisetsu
-  Mahochū!
-  Midori no Tsubasa
-  Mizuiro Jidai
-  Naisho no Tsubomi
-  Ocharakahoi
-  Ojōsama ni wa Kanawanai
-  Onegai! Maruchi-kun
-  Pure Pure
-  Shōjo Shōnen
-  Tonda Shinkiroku
 References 
- ↑  "54th Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009. 
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