is a Japanese manga artist who has created several works with a lesbian theme. These include Indigo Blue, the story of a young author discovering her sexuality, Free Soul, and Love My Life.
Career Her debut work was the short story "Sankakukei no dessert", published in Monthly LaLa in November 1984. Several of her works were serialized in the josei magazines Feel Young (published by Shodensha) and the now defunct Young You. Although some of her works have been published in France and in Italy, none of them have been officially released in English. A live-action version of her manga Love My Life, which she serialized in Feel Young from 2000 until 2001, was released in Japan in January 2007.
In the 2010s, she started publishing in the seinen manga magazine Comic Beam. Her manga Onnanoko ga Iru Basho wa, released in the magazine between 2021 and 2022, won the 2023 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for short work.
Works
TitleYearNotesRefsOtenki to Issho (お天気といっしょ)1996–2002Serialized in Young YouPublished by Shueisha in 3 vol.MAHOKO1998Published by Shueisha in 1 vol.Love My Life2000–2001Serialized in Feel YoungPublished by Shodensha in 1 vol.Indigo Blue (インディゴ・ブルー)2001–2002Serialized in Feel YoungPublished by Shodensha in 1 vol.Sweet Lovin' Baby (スウィート・ラヴィン・ベイビー)2003Published by Shodensha in 1 vol.Free Soul2003–2004Serialized in Feel YoungPublished by Shodensha in 1 vol.Ai no Jikan (愛の時間)2006–2008Serialized in Feel YoungPublished by Shodensha in 1 vol.Aoaza (Shimi) (青痣(しみ))2009Written by Kaoruko HimenoPublished by Fusōsha in 1 vol.La danse de l'ouiseau blessé (鳥のように飛べるまで, Tori no Yō ni Toberu Made)2009–2010Serialized in Feel YoungPublished by Shodensha in 1 vol.Binetsu no Yō na (微熱のような)2014Serialized in Feel YoungPublished by Enterbrain in 1 vol. as Night WorkerRed Thimble (レッド・シンブル)2015–2017Serialized in Comic BeamPublished by Enterbrain in 3 vol.Mizu Umi (みずうみ)2018Serialized in Comic BeamPoor Little Mina: A Ghost Tale (かわいそうなミーナ, Kawaisōna Mīna)2019Serialized in Comic BeamPublished by Enterbrain in 1 vol.Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa (女の子がいる場所は)2021–2022Serialized in Comic BeamPublished by Enterbrain in 1 vol.
References
External links Shodensha's profile for Ebine Yamaji
Interview with manga writer Ebine Yamaji in Tokyo Wrestling