Hisaya Nakajo

Hisaya Nakajo (中条 比紗也, Nakajō Hisaya; 12 September 1973 – 12 October 2023) was a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She also used the names Peco Fujiya (for yaoi works) and Ryou Fumizuki for doujinshi with her circle, Daisanteikoku.

Hisaya Nakajo 中条比紗也
Born	(1973-09-12)12 September 1973 Osaka Prefecture, Japan[1]
Died	12 October 2023(2023-10-12) (aged 50)
Area(s)	Character designer, writer, manga artist
Pseudonym(s)	Ryou Fumizuki Peco Fujiya
Notable works	Hana-Kimi Sugar Princess
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Biography

Nakajo made her professional debut by winning the Outstanding Work award in the 18th Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards for her work, Manatsu no Hanzaisha (真夏の犯罪者; 'The Midsummer Criminal') that was later published in the extra issue of Hana to Yume, Hana to Yume Planet Zōkan 15 July issue. She published her first one-shot as a professional manga artist titled, Hāto no Kajitsu (ハートの果実; 'Heart no Kajitsu') in the 23rd issue of Hana to Yume in 1994.^[2] In a 1995 interview, when asked about the origin of her boyish pen name, she replied, "There's no particular origin. I was really into name divination when I debuted, so I just made it up with some wordplay." Her real name has not been publicly disclosed.^[3]

Nakajo came in 39th in the 2007 Most Searched Manga Artist Names by the Japanese search engine, goo.^[4]

Hisaya Nakajo died from heart disease on 12 October 2023, 8:52, at the age of 50.^[5][6][7]

Works

One-shots

• Heart no Kajitsu
• Futari no Hōsoku
• 17 Romance
• Tasogare wa Sasayaku
• Tokeru Koe
• Natsu no Ran
• Kawaki no Tsuki
• Ō-sama Monogatari
• Wild Kiss

Sent-in works

• Manatsu no Hanzaisha

Short works

• Yumemiru Happa
• Usotsuki na Taiyō

Series

• Missing Piece
• Hana-Kimi
• Sugar Princess

Contributions

• Duel Love – Character design