Wataru Yoshizumi (吉住 渉, Yoshizumi Wataru) is a Japanese manga artist. She was born as Mariko Nakai (中井 真里子, Nakai Mariko) on June 18, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated with a degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University.

Yoshizumi started her career as a Japanese manga artist while working as an office lady. Her debut manga was a yomikiri (short story) called "Radical Romance" that was published in 1984, in the summer issue of Ribon Original. She is known as a social^{[ clarification needed]} manga artist,^{[ citation needed]} and is a good friend of fellow manga artists Naoko Takeuchi, Ai Yazawa, Miho Obana, and Megumi Mizusawa.

As of 2011, Yoshizumi has had works serialized in Ribon, Chorus, and Margaret.

Works

• Quartet Game

This tankōbon contains three early short stories. Along with the title story, the other stories are "Another Day" and "Heart Beat".

• Handsome na Kanojo (Handsome Girl) (9 volumes)

Several volumes of this series include some more early short stories, including Wataru's debut work, "Radical Romance".

• Marmalade Boy (8 volumes)
• Kimi Shika Iranai (I Don't Need Anyone But You) (2 volumes)
• Mint na Bokura (We Are Mint) (6 volumes)
• Random Walk (3 volumes)
• Ultra Maniac (5 volumes)
• Datte Suki Nandamon (Because I Love You) (2 volumes)
• PxP ( one-shot)
• Happiness (one-shot)
• Baby It's You (one-shot)
• Cherish (1 volume)
• Spicy Pink
• Cappuccino
• Chitose etc. (7 volumes) ^[1]
• Marmalade Boy Little

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