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Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
About Yū Yabūchi
- Yu Yabuchi (???? ?, Yabuchi Yu, born 1 December 1969 in Nishinomiya) is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in shojo manga.
- Yu Yabuchi's most famous works are Mizuiro Jidai, Shojo-Shonen, and Naisho no Tsubomi.
- The main focus of her manga are the emotional and psychological growth of preteen girls and boys and early romances between them.
- Her works are popular among preteen and teenage girls.
- She received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for Naisho no Tsubomi.Her favorites subjects to draw are trains and birds (especially the Java sparrow).
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