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Hinako Takanaga (高永 ひなこ, Takanaga Hinako, born September 16) is a Japanese yaoi manga artist from Nagoya. She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Most of her works have been translated into English and German (chiefly by Tokyopop imprints). Her influences include Suzue Miuchi, Yun Koga and Range Murata.




Biography


Hinako Takanaga was born on September 16 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Her first manga story, Goukaku kigan (合格祈願, Prayers for a passing grade), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1995. As the story continued it was later retitled Challengers, and it spawned a spinoff series titled The Tyrant Falls in Love. She currently lives in Osaka.
She was a guest at Yaoi-Con in 2007 and 2010, invited by Digital Manga Publishing, the US publishers of her popular series Little Butterfly and The Tyrant Falls in Love.




Bibliography






= Manga

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Challengers (チャレンジャーズ), 1995, 4 volumes
Benkyou Shinasai! Study Hard! (勉強しなさい!Study Hard!, Please Study! Study Hard!), 1999, 1 volume (This work has an English subtitle; as of September 2011 it is not licensed in English.)
Little Butterfly (リトル・バタフライ), 2001, 3 volumes
Love Round!!, 2002, 1 volume
Liberty Liberty! (リバティ・リバティ！), 2003, 1 volume
Croquis (クロッキー), 2004, 1 volume
Dekiru Otoko ga Suki Nanda! (デキる男が好きなんだ!, I Like Impressive Guys!), 2004, 1 volume; English title A Capable Man
Awkward Silence (不器用なサイレント, Bukiyou na Silent), 2004, 6 volumes (completed)
The Tyrant Falls in Love (恋する暴君, Koisuru Boukun), 2004, 14+ volumes (ongoing)
Turning Point (ターニングポイント), 2005, 1 volume
You Will Fall in Love (きみが恋に堕ちる, Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru), 2005, 1 volume
You Will Drown in Love (きみが恋に溺れる, Kimi ga Koi ni Oboreru), 2006, 3 volumes
The Devil's Secret (アクマのひみつ, Akuma no Himitsu), 2007, 1 volume
Kimi ga Koi ni Midareru (きみが恋に乱れる, You Will Be Thrown Into Chaos by Love), 2011 (completed)




= Illustrations

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The Guilty Series, by Katsura Izumi (和泉桂)
Yuuzai (有罪, Guilt), English title The Guilty Vol. 1: Verdict, 2002
Genzai (原罪, Original Sin), English title The Guilty Vol. 2: Original Sin, 2002
Shokuzai (贖罪, Atonement), English title The Guilty Vol. 3: Redemption, 2003
Dazai (堕罪, Sinking into Sin), English title The Guilty Vol. 4: Forsaken, 2004
Shirasagi Series, by Haruhi Sakiya (崎谷はるひ)
Kiss wa daiji ni sarigenaku (キスは大事にさりげなく), 2005
Yume wa kirei ni shidokenaku (夢はきれいにしどけなく), 2005
Koi wa jouzu ni adokenaku (恋は上手にあどけなく), 2006
Heiousen no moritoriamu (平行線上のモラトリアム), 2007
Suichokusen no stoishizumu (垂直線上のストイシズム), 2007
Mitsu wa yoru yori kagirinaku (蜜は夜よりかぎりなく), 2008
Shinkan Series, by Tamaki Yoshida (吉田珠姫)
Shinkan wa ou ni aisareru (神官は王に愛される, The priest is loved by the king), 2005
Shinkan wa ou wo kuruwaseru (神官は王を狂わせる, The priest drives the king crazy), 2007
Shinkan wa ou wo koishitau (神官は王を恋い慕う, The priest loves the king), 2007
Shinkan wa ou wo nayamaseru (神官は王を悩ませる, The priest annoys the king), 2010
Sakihokoru mitsugetsu (咲きほこる蜜月), by Runoa Mafune (真船るのあ), 2008




References






External links


Official website (in Japanese)
Official blog (in Japanese)
Hinako Takanaga at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Ed Chavez podcast interview

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