Yuhki Kamatani

Yuhki Kamatani (鎌谷 悠希 Kamatani Yūki) born June 22, 1983, Hiroshima, Japan is a Japanese manga artist and creator of the manga Shimanami Tasogare. Kamatani came out on Twitter as asexual and X-gender on a now deleted account. Kamatani should be referred to using gender neutral pronouns.

About
Kamatani's debut and most notable work to date, Nabari no Ou, was a finalist under the Story Manga division in the ninth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2005 and was ultimately recommended by the Committee.

Kamatani worked with J.C.Staff to create a twenty-six episode anime adaptation Nabari no Ou Directed by Kunihisa Sugishima, the series premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008. The episodes subsequently air on other TXN networks, including TV Aichi and TV Osaka. The first volume of an English translation of the manga was released in May 2009 by Yen Press.

In Shimanami Tasogare, set in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Kamatani depicts LBGT characters coming to terms with their identities and forming a safe community for each other. In their review of the manga, Erica Friedman described the series' coming out narrative as "crucial for gay Japanese youth". Shogakukan published the first tankōbon in the ongoing series on December 11, 2015 and the second collected volume on October 12, 2016.

Works

 * Nabari no Ou (2005, manga, 14 volumes)
 * Liberamente (2005, manga, 1 volume)
 * Octave (2010, manga, oneshot)
 * Shounen Note (2010, manga, 8 volumes)
 * Nabari no Ou dj - Osanagokoro no Niwa (2012, doujinshi, 1 volume)
 * Busshi no Busshin: Kamakura Hanbun Busshiroku (2013, manga, hiatus)
 * Shimanami Tasogare (2015, manga, 4 volumes)
 * Touken Ranbu Online Anthology: Hibana Chirase, Touken Danshi (2015, manga, 1 volume)
 * Touken Ranbu Online Anthology: Touken Danshi Makuaigeki (2015, manga, 1 volume)
 * Touken Ranbu Online Anthology: Hibana Mae, Touken Otoshishi (2016, manga, 1 volume)
 * Unlock (Collaboration with Yasuko Kobayashi, with Kamatani as illustrator) (2017, manga, 3 chapters (oneshot))
 * Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate (2020, manga, ongoing)

Social Media Links

 * Twitter