Kazuya Minekura

Kazuya Minekura
Born	(1975-03-23) March 23, 1975
Residence	Tokyo
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Website	Nitro

Kazuya Minekura (峰倉かずや, Minekura Kazuya, born March 23, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist widely known for the Saiyuki series. Her other manga series include Wild Adapter, Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shikkobu (Araiso Private School Student Council Executive Committee), and Stigma. Stigma is notable for being a full-color work, unusual as manga is generally drawn in black and white. She had an illness that affected her writing from 2004–2007, which caused her to have a hysterectomy. On 28 September 2010, she went on Hiatus to undergo surgery for ameloblastoma on the right half of her upper jawbone. On 31 December 2010, she reported her surgery was successful after removing the tumor on her right upper jawbone and is currently resting and being fitted with artificial prosthetics to reconstruct the area where her bones were removed.

Works

• Saiyuki
• Saiyuki Reload
• Saiyuki Reload Blast
• Saiyuki Gaiden
• Saiyuki Ibun
• Wild Adapter
• Just!
• Stigma
• Brother
• Zuorama (ヅオラマ)
• Bus Gamer
• Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shikkobu (Araiso Private High School Student Council Executive Committee)
• Hachi no Su (蜂の巣, Honeycomb)