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Yui Kikuta | |
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| Yui Kikuta (喜久田ゆい, Kikuta Yui) | |
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| Birthdate | December 22 |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Writer
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Yui Kikuta (喜久田ゆい, Kikuta Yui), born December 22, formerly known as Kyakya Asano, is a manga artist. She is a former assistant of Arina Tanemura. In 2015, Kikuta and Tanemura collaborated on Shunkan Lyle, which ran in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum until 2018.
Biography[]
Career[]
She worked as an assistant to Arina Tanemura during the publications of Phantom Thief Jeanne, Time Stranger Kyoko, and Full Moon o Sagashite. In 2000, she debuted as Kyakya Asano in Hana to Yume with a one-shot titled "Tsuki Akari ni Terasa Rete". She and Ai Minase, another of Tanemura's assistant formed a dojinshi circle called "Strawberry Lunch". The group disbanded in 2006, following Minase's official debut. The same year, Asano won Monthly Comic Zero-Sum's grand prize for her one-shot "Trick*of*Treat" and later re-debuted as Yui Kikuta in the magazine.
Kikuta's first series Shonen Hakaryudo began serialization in Monthly Comic Zero-Sum in 2007. She began a new series, titled Mahou Tsukai no Neko, in the magazine's January 2010 issue. In 2015, Kikuta launched Shunkan Lyle, a collaboration between her and Tanemura. The series ended in 2018 at four volumes. Kikuta started illustrating a new series, Mushikaburi-hime, in August 2018.
List of works[]
- Shonen Hakaryudo (2007-2009; 4 volumes)
- Mahou Tsukai no Neko (2010-2013; 5 volumes)
- Hoshi no Ame Tsuki no Geboku (2013-2014; 2 volumes
- Shunkan Lyle (2015-2018; 4 volumes)
- Mushikaburi-hime (2018-present)