Kaoru Tada

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Kaoru Tada (多田かおる Tada Kaoru, September 25, 1961 - March 11, 1999) was a Japanese manga artist.

Tada made her debut in 1977, when still a high school student, on Shueisha's "Deluxe Margaret" magazine. Tada's stories belong to the shōjo genre of manga and feature love stories centred around young female characters and their love interests. The storylines include comedic moments and are characterised by essential and sharp drawings. Some of Tada's most popular works are Ai Shite Knight, Itazura na Kiss and Kimi no na wa Debora.

Ai Shite Knight portrays the Japanese rock music scene of the early 1980's. The anime series based on Ai Shite Knight was the first ever to feature original songs performed within the episodes. Another of Tada's works, Miihaa Paradise is also set in the rock 'n' roll world.

Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) - begun in 1991 and never completed - was by far Tada's most successful work in Japan. It tells the love story between Kotoko and Naoki from high school until after their marriage. The series inspired also an illustrated art book "Itazura na Kiss Illustration Shuu" and two novels written by Nori Harata and published in Shueisha's "Cobalt" series. In 1996 a live action Japanese TV series based on Itazura na Kiss was also produced, starring Aiko Satoo as Kotoko and Takashi Kashiwabara as Naoki. In 2005, the series was adapted into a Taiwanese drama under the name of It Started With a Kiss.

Kaoru Tada died in 1999, aged only 38, following a domestic accident occurred while she was moving to a new house with her husband and son.

[edit] List of manga

• Ai Shite Knight (or Night), 愛してナイト, serialized on Margaret, 1981-83, 7 volumes
• Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss), イタズラなＫｉｓｓ, serialized on Margaret, 1991-, 23 volumes
• Itazura na Kiss Irasuto Shuu, 多田かおるイラスト集 イタズラなＫｉｓｓ, artbook published by Shueisha, 1 volume
• Kawaii Ojisama (A Fine Dad), serialized on Margaret, 1 volume
• Kimagure Enjeru (Capricious Angel), きまぐれエンジェル, serialized on Margaret, 1 volume
• Kimi no Na wa Debora (Your name is Deborah), 君の名はデボラ, serialised on Margaret, 1988, 2 volumes
• Debora ga Raibaru (Deborah's the Rival), デボラがライバル, serialized on Margaret, 1996-1998, 4 volumes
• Sabishigariya no Deborah, さびしがりやのデボラ, serialized on Margaret, 1 volume
• Horeru Yo! Koi, serialized on Margaret, 1 volume
• Ai Shi Koi Shi no Manon!, serialized on Margaret, 1 volume
• Kinta-kun ni Goyoujin!, serialised on Margaret, 1 volume
• Tiinzu Burabo (Teens Bravo), serialized on Margaret, 1 volume
• Miihaa Paradise (Fans' Paradise), serialized on Margaret, 2 volumes
• High School Magic, serialized on Margaret, 2 volumes

[edit] External links

• Kaoru Tada Official Site (in Japanese)
• Itazura na Kiss Fan Page
• Biographical information on Kaoru Tada (in Italian)
• About "Miihaa Paradise"