Kyoko Ariyoshi

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Kyoko Ariyoshi
Born September 14, 1950 (1950-09-14) (age 57)
Kumamoto City, Japan
Occupation Mangaka
Nationality Japanese
Genres fiction
Subjects shōjo manga, ballet manga.

Kyoko Ariyoshi (有吉 京子 Ariyoshi Kyōko?, born September 14, 1950) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She was born in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto prefecture. She debuted by publishing her work Kitty and a Girl (Koneko to Shōjo) on Shukan (weekly) Margaret in 1971.

Ariyoshi is well-known for her works of the ballet stories. SWAN (Part1, 1976 - 1980, and Part2, 1980 - 1981) , SWAN -The Prayer of Swan- (1982 - 1983) and Applause are the representative works. These are all stories of ballet and ballerinas.

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