Asumiko Nakamura

Asumiko Nakamura (中村 明日美子, Nakamura Asumiko) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, born in Kanagawa Prefecture on January 5 of an undiscosed year. She debuted in 2000 in the magazine Monthly Manga F, later known as Manga Erotics F. She is best known for her Boys' Love manga series Dōkyūsei (ja:同級生, Classmates) which started serialization in 2006. The manga was made into an animated movie in 2016 that made 200 million JPY at the box office. It was also adapted into English and released to Blu-ray. The Boys' Love manga Double Mints (2009) was made into a live action film in 2017. The mystery manga Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist (2010) was translated and published into English by Vertical and made into a Japanese tv drama in 2022. Other major works include Kimiyōbi: Tetsudō Shōjo Manga 2, Kaori no Keishō, Ano hi, seifuku de, which have charted on Oricon's best-selling manga in 2015.