Ichigo Takano (Japanese: 高野苺, Hepburn: Takano Ichigo, born January 11, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist from Nagano in Japan and is best known for Orange.

Biography

Takano made her debut in high school in 2002 with START.^[1] She first achieved success with her work Dreamin' Sun. Takano is also the creator and author of New York Times bestseller Orange.^[2] After beginning serialization in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret in 2012, Orange was abruptly suspended from the January 2013 issue. It was later picked up by Futabasha's Monthly Action in February 2014^[3] where it continued to be serialized until 2015.

Works

• START (2002) – (serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret)^[4]
• Ookami Shounen (オオカミ少年) (2004) – (serialized in Shuiesha's Margaret)
• Itoshi Kingyo (愛し金魚) (2006) – (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret)
• Shooting Star (シューティング スター) (2006)
• Bambi no Tegami (バンビの手紙) (2007) – (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret)
• Dreamin' Sun (夢みる太陽) (2007-2011) – (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret)
• Orange (2012-2017) – (serialized in Futabasha's Monthly Action)
• Orange (2015-2016) – (light novel)
• ReCollection (2013-) – (serialized in Monthly Action)
• Kimi ni Nare (君になれ) (2018-) – (serialized in Monthly Action)

Filmography

In 2015, the film Orange was released based on the manga in Japan. A 13-episode anime adaptation of Orange was produced by Telecom Animation Film in 2016 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.^[5]