Yukiru Sugisaki is female!--->with proofs!

[starlias]

yup, she's female, here are some proofs I've collected:

firstly, her appearance:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a208/starsmangastuff/yukiru_sugisaki.jpg

...then, her given name analysis:
yukiru----> ゆきる
ゆき--->snow
る--->a suffix at the end of a name(eg: minoru)

and on a japanese website where they given a picture of yukiru sugisaki as someone with a rabbit mask, they have described her as "little woman" I found that website by searching images,yukiru sugisaki or something and it came up with that at the really end.

Well..there are many other proofs but not too good..soo..I think that should do?>___>

[kazuchiyo]

...then, her given name analysis:
yukiru----> ゆきる
ゆき--->snow
る--->a suffix at the end of a name(eg: minoru)


Most likely, Yukiru's not her "given name," but a pen-name she uses.
Additionally Yukiru can be a male or female name.

[starlias]

Most likely, Yukiru's not her "given name," but a pen-name she uses.
Additionally Yukiru can be a male or female name.

yes, I read this name data thingy and yukiru is kinda more common for female but anyway...
...her pen name is:Sotsugyo M isn't it?>___>

and on anime news network, their profile for yukiru sugisaki is:
http://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5959

..but anyway...that picture was my main proof..^___^ ..thank you for contributing though!

[feder]

Errr...kind of knew that already. ^^;;
She also has an obsession with rabbits, which explains why Wizu looks so much like a rabbit.

[starlias]

Errr...kind of knew that already. ^^;;
She also has an obsession with rabbits, which explains why Wizu looks so much like a rabbit.

yeah, some people already know she's female but there are lots out there who think she's a male!!!

oh and oh yes!^__^ she loves rabbit stuff..and drama! and games.
her blood type is O and her star sign is capricorn and b-day:26/12

hmm..anyway..I just couldn't find her age somehow..*__* I guess she must be around 25-30? may be?

[Nyanyan]

Honestly, I can't imagine a male drawing DNAngel... --;;

[feder]

Honestly, I can't imagine a male drawing DNAngel... --;;

Neither could I. It just doesn't have that shounen~ish approach to it at all, especially considering how Daisuke acts.

[kazuchiyo]

Neither could I. It just doesn't have that shounen~ish approach to it at all, especially considering how Daisuke acts.

Shounen doesn't mean written by a man... it means written for a primarily male, young audience.
There are female authors out there who write shounen manga, and significantly fewer, but still some male authors who write shoujo manga.

[Veroniku]

Shounen doesn't mean written by a man... it means written for a primarily male, young audience.
There are female authors out there who write shounen manga, and significantly fewer, but still some male authors who write shoujo manga.
*nods* The only thing I don't really imagine a man drawing is fluffy yaoi... Haha.

Hm, as for Sugisaki, I thought it was obvious that she was female, when you'd read the liners note in DN Angel? She's a very nerdy woman, but still... XD I dunno, I don't own the books anymore, so I'd be unable to really point out what lines allowed me to have no doubt whatsoever on her gender...

[GracieLizzy]

Shounen doesn't mean written by a man... it means written for a primarily male, young audience.
There are female authors out there who write shounen manga, and significantly fewer, but still some male authors who write shoujo manga.

Yup, isn't all of Rumiko Takahashi's work aimed at males (I think some of her work is seinen, but most of it is shonen) for example. Also, Nao Yazawa who wrote and drew the Wedding Peach manga (though the concept was concieved by a man) started out in shonen manga which is why she shortend her penname to Nao instead of Naoko so that boys wouldn't be put of by her feminine name. On the topic of male shojo manga-ka, I can think of a fair few from the early days of manga (Ozamu Tezuka wrote the first shojo - Ribon no Kishi, as well as Marvelous Melmo later, and Yokoyama Mitsuteru wrote Mahotsukai Sally) but these days I think they are pretty rare, most of the time I think if a man comes up with an idea for a shojo manga he gets a woman to draw it and flesh out the story, like with Wedding Peach and Corrector Yui (conviced by Kia Asamiya, drawn and written by Keiko Okamoto). Does anyone know of any examples of current male shojo manga-ka?

[kazuchiyo]

but these days I think they are pretty rare, most of the time I think if a man comes up with an idea for a shojo manga he gets a woman to draw it and flesh out the story, like with Wedding Peach and Corrector Yui (conviced by Kia Asamiya, drawn and written by Keiko Okamoto). Does anyone know of any examples of current male shojo manga-ka?

The problem is that the pen name is such a large part of working as a professional ANYTHING in Japan (very few people in the arts or entertainment go by their real name...) that there certainly could be some "-ko" artists who are, in actuality, male.

[Kyaa the Catlord]

Yup, isn't all of Rumiko Takahashi's work aimed at males (I think some of her work is seinen, but most of it is shonen) for example. Also, Nao Yazawa who wrote and drew the Wedding Peach manga (though the concept was concieved by a man) started out in shonen manga which is why she shortend her penname to Nao instead of Naoko so that boys wouldn't be put of by her feminine name. On the topic of male shojo manga-ka, I can think of a fair few from the early days of manga (Ozamu Tezuka wrote the first shojo - Ribon no Kishi, as well as Marvelous Melmo later, and Yokoyama Mitsuteru wrote Mahotsukai Sally) but these days I think they are pretty rare, most of the time I think if a man comes up with an idea for a shojo manga he gets a woman to draw it and flesh out the story, like with Wedding Peach and Corrector Yui (conviced by Kia Asamiya, drawn and written by Keiko Okamoto). Does anyone know of any examples of current male shojo manga-ka?

I'm convinced the person who draws Fruits Basket is a man. :D

I could be wrong. But (s)he sounds like a man in his 'talks', he does not say anything that comes from a female perspective in them. EVER.

I now go to ready myself for being flamed. :D

[YuKitsuneYoukai]

"I love Yukiru Sugisaki! Her birthday's in December and I can't help but love Bishonens! .... About the Author of Fruits Basket, I haven't a clue, although I'm pretty sure it's a girl...."

[GracieLizzy]

Natsuki Takaya does talk about games, and even goes on about dating sims a fair bit in her author talks section so if she is a he I wouldn't be too suprised either. I didn't think about it before Kyaa but thinking about it now I do see what you mean. Not that gaming is an exlusively male domain but a lot of the games she talks about do seem quite masculine.

[kazuchiyo]

I could be wrong. But (s)he sounds like a man in his 'talks', he does not say anything that comes from a female perspective in them. EVER.


On the other hand, honestly, when I read Sugisaki Yukiru's author comments in DNAngel, I could have SWORN she was a man, because of the masculine style of writing, etc.

[GracieLizzy]

Hmmm, then I guess comments are a very good gauge to go by. I suppose we may never know.

[Meimi132]

You mean there were people who didn't know? lol
I can tell a manga-ka's gender from their artwork. Sounds weird, but you can. If you try hard heh

[Meimi132]

Natsuki Takaya does talk about games, and even goes on about dating sims a fair bit in her author talks section so if she is a he I wouldn't be too suprised either. I didn't think about it before Kyaa but thinking about it now I do see what you mean. Not that gaming is an exlusively male domain but a lot of the games she talks about do seem quite masculine.

Takaya-sans art style is very feminine. (In my oppinion anyway's su)

Examples of manga which is obviously drawn by either gender:
Love hina is obviously drawn by a guy
Tokyo Mew Mew, definately a girl
Loveless, no doubt it's a woman drawing it. (Just checked and I'm right! yay! I didn't know for sure)
Scrapped Princess, looks like it's drawn by a boy to me. I dunno for sure tho. It doesn't say on the tp page.

Most female manga-ka have a more elegant style, even if the lines are thick...

[Meimi132]

On the other hand, honestly, when I read Sugisaki Yukiru's author comments in DNAngel, I could have SWORN she was a man, because of the masculine style of writing, etc.

Kyaaa, lookies at the style su!! I didn't know untill a while ago that she was a girl lol. But I can tell, I also have phychic intuition hehe.

Yay! I'm getting Loveless tomorrow! eeeee And I'm getting someday's dreamers! Wooooooooooooooooo I waited for this ever since I saw it on the tp site! Yay

[GracieLizzy]

Well I don't think it would be very hard for a male artist to draw in a feminine/elegant style if he wanted too and practiced at it. Look at the style of Rumiko Takahashi, she is a woman and she definately draws in an masculine-ish style that lacks the light lines, flowery backgrounds and more complex panel compositions of shojo manga but she's definately female. So if a woman can draw like a man, I don't see why a man can't draw like a woman.

[Shinigamiyoko]

Before I read all the linear notes and the back cover of DNAngel describing Yukiru Sugisaki I thought she was a male... I think I assumed it from the way she draws herself in the rabbit mask... I'm horrible at guessing genders from artwork and style of writing... Near all the authors whose genders I automatically assumed were male/female were female/male. Hiromu Arakawa and Koge-Donbo are examples. Nowadays though, it seems obvious to me that a female is drawing Dejiko and her friends, and that a female is the manga-ka for DNAngel and previously for Rizelmine. I guess the whole gender guessing thing mostly comes from experience...

[starlias]

and btw...I am still investigating sugisaki-san still..haha..trying to find out more about her though..^^

this might be off topic but...
...... I have came across with a person called mamoru sugisaki twice now.

once in the first vol of d-n-angel, at the special thanks page and in vol.1 of the candidate for goddess, at the section where it previews vol.2...
and I did some research..he's male and I was thinking that he might be a brother or something to yukiru Sugisaki.....

p/s:I am usually quite keen on mangaka's ages as I want to see those improvements they've made.....

..and I did a rough guess on yukiru sugisaki's age...32? 33? 34?
because..
her first published manga is N for nishiki..the date is still unknown to me..but her work "candidate for goddess" is published in 1997 by wani books.....at the end..she said...

"actually, even though i have been a manga artist for three years. This(candidate for goddess) is my first completed volume...."

which means that she has became a mangaka in 1994, she should be around 20 or so then...so...she should be in her early 30s by now...(as her b-day is 26/12/**)