Mokona

This article is about the Clamp member. For the Magic Knight Rayearth character, see Characters in Magic Knight Rayearth § Mokona. For the characters in xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, see Mokona Modoki.

Mokona (もこな; born June 16, 1968) is the pen name of the lead artist, colorist, and composition designer of the all-female manga-artist team Clamp.^[1] She was formerly known as Mokona Apapa (もこな あぱぱ); she dropped her last name because she claimed it sounded too "immature".^[2] Clamp has had a huge impact on the "manga explosion" according to an account in The New York Times in 2006. Their artwork has been characterized as "wispy", "fluid", and "dramatic" which has resonated with both male and female demographic readers of manga. The Tsubasa manga sold over a million copies in the United States, and television programs and DVD spinoffs based on the concept have been successful as well.^[1]

Mokona もこな
Mokona at Anime Expo 2006
Born	(1968-06-16) June 16, 1968 (age 57) Kyōto, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	In charge of character design, illustrator, colorist, composition designer
Pseudonym(s)	108 secret techniques
Notable works	Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Tokyo Babylon Magic Knight Rayearth Cardcaptor Sakura
Collaborators	Clamp