Tomoko Taniguchi

Tomoko Taniguchi
たにぐち智子
Born
Hokkaidō, Japan
OccupationManga artist

Tomoko Taniguchi (たにぐち智子, Taniguchi Tomoko) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist who was born in Hokkaidō, then spent a year in college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Taniguchi's manga have been published by MB (My Birthday) in Japanese and by CPM Manga in English. She has published 9 volumes of manga total. Her first published manga was Anpan Balance, which won silver at the 4th Omacomi Manga School Contest. Anpan Balance was later released in the manga Let's Stay Together Forever; the title story of that book was her second published story.

Taniguchi and Matt Forbeck have helped write some of the books in the Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga Illustrated series, especially the Shoujo edition which includes her illustrations.

Taniguchi recently designed her first fabric print for American clothing designer Samantha Rei.

Partial bibliography

(dates are given: 1st date, Japanese Release, 2nd date, English release)

References

  1. ↑ "Tomoko Taniguchi Interview". Anime News Network. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "MSP Fashion Week – Red Dress, The Shows and Tomoko Taniguchi "Party Monster" print". Blasphemina's Closet. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.