Kanoko Sakurakoji

Kanoko Sakurakoji 桜小路かのこ
Born	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Backstage Prince Black Bird
Awards	2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga - Black Bird

Kanoko Sakurakoji (桜小路 かのこ, Sakurakōji Kanoko, born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. She writes primarily for Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Betsucomi. She is best known as the author of Backstage Prince and Black Bird. Black Bird received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. Both Backstage Prince and Black Bird are licensed in English in North America by Viz Media.

Selected works

• Suzu-chan no Neko (鈴ちゃんの猫, "Suzu-chan's Cat") (2001–2002) - 2 volumes
• Backstage Prince (2004–2005) - 2 volumes - Completed
• Ōsama no Shichiya (王様の質屋, "The King's Pawnshop") (2006) - 1 volume
• Black Bird (ブラックバード) (2006–present) - 13 volumes(English), 14 volumes(Japanese) - Ongoing
• Baby, Star
• Bitter - Nakechau Koi Monogatari
• Eikoku Kizoku Goyoutashi
• Yasashii Te
• Yurusarete Inai Watachitachi
• Gokko
• Sono Hakui wo Nuide

Black Bird

The world is full of mysterious "things," but life keeps on going peacefully because no one can see them--except Misao. Harada Misao has the special power to see these "things," but she doesn't tell anybody and tries to continue leading a happy high school life. Though she's jealous of her friends who have boyfriends, she's just like a normal teenage girl as she keeps having dreams about a boy she met when she was younger who has the same power as she does. Her mundane life suddenly changes when demons try to eat her, and her old friend Kyo comes back to protect her from them. Then, she finds out that she is personally being sought out as demon food and that Kyo is a demon, too. Will she still marry him like they promised when they were children, based on her faith in him that he has no bad intentions towards her? Will she even be safe at school now that Kyo has become her new homeroom teacher? Her exciting teenage life is just about to begin.

Backstage Prince

Backstage Prince is the story of Akari, your basic, average girl, who meets by a twist of fate;

the masochistic, childish, anti-social, and beautiful bishounen, Ryusei, also known as his kabuki

stage name; Shonosuke Ichimura.

External links

• Kanoko Sakurakoji at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Personal Website Template:Ja icon