Arina Tanemura

Arina Tanemura
種村 有菜
Born	(1978-03-12) March 12, 1978 (age 46) Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Other names	Meguro Teikoku (目黒帝国)
Occupations	Manga artist illustrator character designer
Years active	1995–present
Employer	Shueisha (1995–2011)
Known for	Phantom Thief Jeanne Full Moon o Sagashite The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross Idolish7
Website	tanemuraarina.com
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Arina Tanemura (種村 有菜, Tanemura Arina, born March 12, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and character designer. She made her professional manga debut in 1996 with the one-shot The Style of the Second Love in the shōjo manga magazine Ribon Original and later published her first series, I.O.N, in 1997, in the main Ribon magazine. She gained mainstream popularity from the late 1990s to mid-2000s with her series Phantom Thief Jeanne, Full Moon o Sagashite, and The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross.

Throughout her career, Tanemura's work has been recognized in shōjo manga for her art style and themes of young girls transforming into the women they would like to become. In addition to her publications, Tanemura has released two independent studio albums of songs based on her characters and is the character designer for Idolish7 and other media projects.