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30-605: Hiro Fujiwara ( 藤原 ヒロ , Fujiwara Hiro , born December 23, 1981, in Hyōgo Prefecture ) is a Japanese manga artist . The manga artist was once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro ( 和泉 ヒロ ) at the end of the 1990s, but has abandoned the name after she won the Best Rookie award in the LMS for Kaeri Michi, Yuki no Netsu . Her first series, Kaichō wa Maid-sama! ( 会長はメイド様! , translation Maid Sama! )

60-453: A UNESCO World Heritage Site , is in the city of Himeji. Southern Hyōgo Prefecture was severely devastated by the 6.9 Mw Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji , as well as Nishinomiya and Ashiya and the neighboring Osaka Prefecture , killing nearly 6,500 people. Hyōgo has coastlines on two seas: to the north, the Sea of Japan , to the south,

90-517: A manga artist and that the experience had helped her with her work now. She seems to be friends with Yuki Fujitsuka, who authored Toremoto Beat . Fujitsuka's name came up in Kaichō wa Maid-sama! ' s 5th volume during the closing credits and Fujiwara also listed her as 'Yuki-sama' in her official website. The author and Yuki Fujitsuka both won the same category in the 31st Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards in year 2006. She also mentioned that all

120-445: A special edited compilation of the magazine, was published from Autumn 1984 to Spring 1985. LaLa Special Wendy ( LaLaスペシャルWendy ) was published from Summer 1985 to June 1986, for a total of five issues. LaLa Special Cindy ( LaLaスペシャルCindy ) then replaced LaLa Special Wendy . The first issue of LaLa Special Cindy was published from Summer 1986 to Autumn 1986. It was later revived for two issues, which were published from

150-447: Is Hikaru Utada . She uses background music while doing work. She also says that being a manga artist was a dream profession when she was young. During high school, she concentrated in playing double bass. While studying literature at university, she took a gap year of 4 years to choose what she wanted to be. She started to become a manga artist after she graduated. She mentions that during her university days, she became an assistant for

180-627: Is a Maid!) which was published in the February issue of LaLa . She inspired in some things of Gakuen Alice of Tachibana Higuchi for do her manga, where discovered the Hakusensha editorial. However, this one-shot's popularity had made the one-shot span into a manga series which has been serialized in LaLa . It has 18 volumes published in Japan. Besides authoring the manga, Fujiwara has also illustrated

210-872: Is hot and humid. As for winter conditions, the north of Hyōgo tends to receive abundant snow, whilst the south receives only the occasional flurry. Hyōgo borders on Osaka Prefecture , Kyoto Prefecture , Tottori Prefecture and Okayama Prefecture . As of 31 March 2008, 20% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks , namely the Sanin Kaigan and Setonaikai National Parks; Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park ; and Asago Gunzan , Harima Chūbu Kyūryō , Inagawa Keikoku , Izushi-Itoi , Kasagatayama-Sengamine , Kiyomizu-Tōjōko-Tachikui , Onzui-Chikusa , Seiban Kyūryō , Seppiko-Mineyama , Tajima Sangaku , and Taki Renzan Prefectural Natural Parks. Two major artificial islands are located Hyōgo Prefecture: The city of Akō and

240-647: Is in Harima. There are 163 public and 52 private high schools within Hyogo prefecture. Of the public high schools, some are administered by the Hyogo prefectural government, whilst the others are administered by local municipalities. The sports teams listed below are based in Hyōgo. Baseball Basketball Football (soccer) Rugby Volleyball A popular troupe of Takarazuka Revue plays in Takarazuka . Arima Onsen in

270-611: The Greater Tokyo area and one of the world's most productive regions by GDP . Present-day Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima , Tajima , Awaji , and parts of Tanba and Settsu . In 1180, near the end of the Heian period , Emperor Antoku , Taira no Kiyomori , and the Imperial court moved briefly to Fukuhara, in what is now the city of Kobe. There the capital remained for five months. Himeji Castle ,

300-559: The Seto Inland Sea , where Awaji Island and a small archipelago of islands belonging to the prefecture are located. Hyōgo Prefecture is a major economic center, transportation hub , and tourist destination in western Japan, with 20% of the prefecture's land area designated as Natural Parks . Hyōgo Prefecture forms part of the Kobe metropolitan area and Osaka metropolitan area , the second-most-populated urban region in Japan after

330-745: The Seto Inland Sea . On Awaji Island , Hyōgo borders the Pacific Ocean coastline in the Kii Channel . The northern portion is sparsely populated, except for the city of Toyooka , The central highlands are only populated by tiny villages. Most of Hyōgo's population lives on the southern coast, which is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. Awaji is an island that separates the Inland Sea and Osaka Bay , lying between Honshu and Shikoku . Summertime weather throughout Hyōgo

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360-462: The 24th of each month. The magazine's bonus contents are usually calendars for New Year issues, drama CDs , and so on. In a 2006 survey conducted by Oricon , Japanese girls selected LaLa as their fifth favorite manga anthology, along with Shogakukan 's Shōjo Comic and Kodansha 's Weekly Shōnen Magazine . LaLa is the second shōjo manga magazine Hakusensha published. Manga serialized in LaLa are collected into tankōbon under

390-510: The April 2005 issue of LaLa DX . She has submitted a few works to Hakusensha's other contest besides the manga artist's other attempts at the LMS and LMG . Those works are, Daiari. ( だいあり。 , Diary.) , Kakera, Hitotsu ( 欠片、ひとつ ) , Fly and another untitled work that was going to be sent in to year 2002's LaLa Mangaka Scout Course. Diary. was sent into the 40th Big Challenge Awards but

420-545: The Autumn to the Winter 1987 issues. Since 2004, special or supplemental issues of LaLa have been published as LaLa Special , which serializes LaLa ' s side stories of the related series, as well as featuring various manga artists' one-shots . The magazine had a series of commercials directed by Shō Yanagisawa called LaLa Kara no Oshirase ( LaLaからのお知らせ , "Information from LaLa ") . This series of commercials won

450-704: The March issue of LaLa DX . Three months later, she went on to publish another one-shot, Shōnen Scramble ( 少年スクランブル , The Young Boy's Scramble) and made her debut in LaLa DX ' s sister magazine, LaLa . In the November issue of LaLa DX , she published her last work of the year, Tōmei na Sekai ( 透明な世界 , The Transparent World) which was also later compiled together into Kaichō wa Maid-sama! ' s volume one. In 2006, she made her last one-shot titled Kaichō wa Maid-sama! ( 会長はメイド様! , lit. Class President

480-740: The United States on October 22, 1963, the first such arrangement between Japan and the United States. In 1981, a sister state agreement was drawn up between Hyogo and the state of Western Australia in Australia . To commemorate the 10th anniversary of this agreement in 1992, the Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre was established in Perth . LaLa LaLa is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha on

510-441: The characters in Kaichō wa Maid-sama! are easy to draw with the exception of Usui. According to her old website, she does original CG and manga of all genres. She has also written poems. Hiro Fujiwara made her debut by winning the Best Rookie award in the 144th LaLa Mangaka Scout Course for her work Kaeri Michi, Yuki no Netsu ( 帰り道、雪の熱 ) . However, this was won under her name, Hiro Izumi and it went on to be published in

540-399: The furoku or freebies given out by the magazine as well as writing the scripts for the drama CDs. The author had once gone to Hong Kong to attend a signing event. According to an entry at her blog, she said that this was her first overseas signing event. In 2012, Fujiwara held a small charity auction featuring characters from her manga Kaichō wa Maid-sama!. She announced on her blog that

570-511: The label "Hana to Yume Comics" ( 花とゆめコミックス ) , along with manga serialized in Hana to Yume . Fanbooks and illustration books for its series are published under the label "Hana to Yume Comics Special" ( 花とゆめコミックススペシャル ) . Readers of the magazine are 97% female, while the other 3% are male readers. Its age demographic consists of 4% percent for under-13 readers, 23.4% for readers aged 13–17, 20% for readers aged 18–20, 13% for readers aged 21–23, while

600-555: The largest ports in Japan. Kobe Port also hosts one of the world's fastest supercomputers, and Hyogo Prefecture passed laws to keep Kobe Port free of nuclear weapons (a nuclear-free zone ) since the year 1975. Hyōgo is a part of the Hanshin Industrial Region . There are two research institutes of Riken , natural sciences research institute in Japan, in Kobe and Harima. " SPring-8 ", a synchrotron radiation facility,

630-553: The magazine's sister magazine LaLa DX . Since the publication of LaLa Deluxe , various special or supplement issues have been published. Bessatsu LaLa: Bessatsu RaRa ( 別冊LaLa : 別冊ララ ) was the first supplemental issue for LaLa . It was first published in Summer 1982 and ended in Spring 1984. Bessatsu LaLa ( 別冊Lala ) succeeded Bessatsu LaLa: Bessatsu RaRa and was published bi-monthly from 1984 to 1985. My LaLa ,

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660-416: The money would aid Tohoku's earthquake reconstruction from 2011. It was the first time she offered a signed and colored illustration. Hy%C5%8Dgo Prefecture Kobe is the capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, and the seventh-largest city in Japan, with other major cities including Himeji , Nishinomiya , and Amagasaki . Hyōgo Prefecture's mainland stretches from the Sea of Japan to

690-510: The only town in Akō District ( Kamigōri ), were scheduled to merge and the city would still retain the name Akō . Akō District would be defunct if the merger was successful. However, the merger has not taken place. As in all prefectures nationwide, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries play a big role in the economy of Hyogo Prefecture. Hyōgo Prefecture also has an IT industry, many heavy industries, metal and medical, Kobe Port being one of

720-455: The remaining 29.7% of the readers are aged 24 years old and up. Readers aged 24 and up are the demographic of the highest percentage. LaLa began its publication in July 1976 as a sister magazine to Hana to Yume . It was originally titled Hana to Yume LaLa ( 花とゆめ LaLa ) and published bi-monthly. The magazine's first issue featured Ryoko Yamagishi 's Hana no Seitachi ( 花の精たち ) and

750-606: The south of the province in Kita-ku, Kobe is one of the Three Ancient Springs in Japan. The north of Hyogo Prefecture has sightseeing spots such as Kinosaki Onsen, Izushi , and Yumura Onsen . Takeda Castle in Asago is often referred to locally as the "Machu Picchu of Japan". The matsuba crab and Tajima beef are both national delicacies. Hyogo entered a sister state relationship with Washington state in

780-492: The story of his younger sister, Hiro, on the web radio of her work Kaichō wa Maid-sama! in connection with its story of the Younger Sister Day. She normally speaks standard Japanese, but when she relaxes or lets her guard down, she speaks in a Kansai accent, in which she can hardly have control. She also states that currently, she listens to songs by Akeboshi and Rie fu , although her all-time favourite singer

810-528: Was her first work to be published under the current pen name, Hiro Fujiwara. Akai Yume ( 紅い夢 , The Crimson Colored Dream) won the 36th LaLa Manga Grand Prix 's Fresh Debut Award and was published in the November issue of LaLa DX in year 2004. In the same month, she also had another work titled Hanjuku Wolf ( 半熟ウルフ ) serialized in LaLa Special . In 2005, she started the year by serializing Kimi no Hidamari ( 君の陽だまり , Your Sunny Spot) in

840-563: Was not short-listed. She was placed 19th for Kakera, Hitotsu that was sent-in to the Hana to Yume Mangaka Course. The third work, Fly was submitted to the 27th Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards and was mentioned in the 2nd issue of Hana to Yume as well as the February issue of LaLa . Nevertheless, her second work was published six months after she won the Best Rookie award in the LaLa Mangaka Scout Course. However, it

870-451: Was priced at 290 yen. The magazine's first editor-in-chief was Nobumasa Konagai. The current editor-in-chief is Ikushū Ichikawa. In September 1977, the magazine changed its frequency and became a monthly magazine. It then became its own independent magazine. In 1985, Hakusensha started irregularly publishing special publications of LaLa under different titles. It started with LaLa Deluxe , published seasonally. LaLa Deluxe later became

900-517: Was serialized in Hakusensha 's monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa . This series is licensed for North America, and an anime adaptation was broadcast during Spring 2010. Hiro Fujiwara was born on December 23, 1981, in Hyōgo Prefecture. She also has two older brothers and two cats, but is currently living alone. She said that one of her older brothers was an otaku and anonymously posted

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