is a Japanese manga artist.
Life Soryo was born in Beppu, Oita, Japan. She is a graduate of the Oita prefectural Geijutsu Midorigaoka High School. She was born into the home of a master of the Kanze school of Noh. In her childhood she liked to draw pictures of horses and things but had no special interest in manga.
While enrolled in fashion college, she happened across Shogakukan's Rookie of the Year Contest and applied to raise money for the Sōen fashion contest. There she received an honorable mention, and subsequently made her debut as a professional manga artist with "Hidamari no Hōmonsha" ("Sunspot Visito") published in the April 1982 edition of Bessatsu Shōjo Comic. For a couple of years, she worked as an assistant for manga artist Fuyumi Ogura.
She made herself a name as a shōjo manga artist. In 1988, she was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga for Boyfriend. In 2001, she switched to mainly publishing seinen manga, working for the manga magazine Morning. Her manga series Cesare centers around the infamous Borgia family of the Italian Renaissance and Cesare Borgia himself.
Her works translated into English include Mars and ES (Eternal Sabbath).
Works TitleYearNotesRefsHidamari no Hōmonsha (陽だまりの訪問者)1982one-shot in Bessatsu Shōjo ComicOnaji Kurai Ai (おなじくらい愛)1984–1985serialized in Shōjo Comicpublished in 2 vol.Pink na Kimi ni Blue na Boku (ピンクなきみにブルーなぼく)1984–1988serialized in Ciaopublished in 8 vol.Boyfriend (ボーイフレンド)1985–1988serialized in Shōjo Comicpublished in 10 vol.3 – Three1989–1992serialized in Shōjo Comicpublished in 14 vol.Chiki Chiki Bom! (チキチキBOM!)1989–1990serialized in Ciaopublished in 2 vol.Kanojo ga Café ni iru (彼女がカフェにいる)1992–1993serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comicpublished in 6 vol.Doll (ドール)1996serialized in Bessatsu Friendpublished in 1 vol.Mars1996–2000serialized in Bessatsu Friendpublished in 15 vol.Mars: A Horse With No Name (MARS外伝 名前のない馬, MARS Gaiden Namae no Nai Uma)1999serialized in Bessatsu Friendpublished in 1 vol.ES (Eternal Sabbath)2001–2004serialized in Morningpublished in 8 vol.Tamara (タマラ)2002–2004serialized in Bessatsu Friendpublished in 1 vol.Cesare (チェーザレ)2005–2021serialized in Morningpublished in 13 vol.Marie Antoinette (マリー・アントワネット)2015–2016serialized in Morningpublished in 1 vol.
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