Yumi Tamura
Yumi Tamura is the awesome manga writer who created Basara. The only website with
any information about her is in Japanese, so for the longest time, I didn't know
much about her. Fortunately, I discovered some free website translation software and
was finally able to
read up on this lady. The following are just some of the information I dug up from
her very well-managed
personal website.
Be warned: some of the information I posted below could be
wrong, since those web translations are still a bit funky.
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- Profile -
Tamura-san's birthday falls on September 5th (I don't know what year). She comes from
the Tokyo precinct of Wakayama. After graduating from high school, she attended
a design school, eventually becoming a manga artist. She has been
drawing for 17 years, and believes in incorporating many different
genres into her work. Basara is her most famous work, and took 8 & 1/2 years for her
to finish. It has gone on to become a popular manga hit in Japan and an animated series. Tamura
herself was awarded the 38th annual Shogakukan manga prize (see left picture).
- Hobbies -
Believe it or not, Tamura is an avid RPG videogamer - Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc.
She also loves to read mystery books, and going on the computer to chat with her fans.
Indeed, her website is one of the best - if not the best - official creator sites
I've ever seen. Anyway, with so many time-consuming hobbies, I'm amazed she still
finds time to draw manga.
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The following are some of Tamura's published works:
- Manga Serials & Shorts -
- Tomoe ga Yuku!, finished with 8 volumes (May, 1988 - September, 1990)
- Bishop's Ring, finished with 2 volumes (1989)
- Ryûzaburô Series, finished(?) with 12 volumes (July, 1990 - April, 1997)
- BASARA, finished with 27 volumes (April, 1991 - March, 2000)
- BOX (2000 - 2001)
- Chicago (2001)
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Want to check out her own personal site? It's got a Q & A section with some interesting
questions and answers, a diary where she talks about her daily adventures, and comprehensive
introductions to all her work. Use
Bable Fish to read
it in English.
 Yumi Tamura's Site
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