Yoko Kitajima
北島洋子
Yoko Kitajima is a shoujo mangaka who, as a senior high school student, made her debut in 1961 in Shoujo Club magazine.
Her title Nile no Oukan, published in 1963, was considered the first shoujo manga to depict a romance set in Ancient Egypt and had a major influence on works by later artists such as Keiko Takemiya's Pharaoh no Haka and Chieko Hosokawa's Ouke no Monshou.
- Occupation
- Mangaka
- Birthday
- 1943
- Age
- 83
- Gender
- Female
- Years active
- 1961 – present
- Hometown
- Fukushima, Japan
- Language
- Japanese
Works
Wakakusa Monogatari
1988 · Manga
Story & Art