fujita kazuko - works
FUJITA Kazuko is a Japanese shōjo manga artist.
She has written manga mainly for Flower Comics. Since 1999, she is writing for Shogakukan Creative and their Label: JUDY Comics. From 2008 onwards, she began to work on the comic adaptations of Harlequin's romance novels for Harlequin Japanese.
She is best known for ''Makoto Call!" for which she received the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo.
In 2007, her "Four Steps to Romance" (ろまんす五段活用, Romance Godan Katsuyou) was dramatized on CTV in Taiwan as Romantic Princess.
Again in 2009, another of her Manga was made into a taiwanese Drama by CTV, called Momo Love, which is adapted from "Momoka Typhoon" (桃花タイフーン!!).
Here is a list of the shoujo series she published since her first debut in 1977.
Yasashisa Endless
[Sweet Endless]
やさしさエンドレス
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 5 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1981/01 to 1981/10
Pages: 192
Story: High schooler Morshita Emi, and the committee chairman she admires, Kishi Noriki, along with her classmate Takeda Tomoo who won’t leave her alone, return as the main characters of
this continuation series set during the homeroom. Yasahinsa Endless portrays with conviction the ups and downs of what it means to be young. Published in the Weekly Shoujo Comic from Volume 1 of 1980 on.
Rising!
ライジング！
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Tankōbon: 15 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1981/11 - 1985/01
Pages: 192
This series was reprinted by Sb in 2000 with a total of 7 Waidoban volumes (A5) with over 400 pages for each volume.
Story: Yuki Nishina has been brought up in America and she loves ballet. As she goes back to her home country, Japan, she begins attending the prestigious Miyazono Music College in order to become a ballerina. But since she didn’t take any basic study, her dream is hard to fulfil. Under the guidance of her teacher her training starts.
Shouhin ni Te wo Dasu na
商品には手を出すな
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 1 Volume
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1985/12
Pages: 192
Story:
-The Early Bird Gets the Worm-
-Me.Me.You.-
-Let's Go with Our Heads Held High-
The story of an unpopular new singer Asayo Yuri and her capable manager Mizuhara. And their path to transform her into a superstar!! But, because of Mizuhara being stubborn in his ways, Yurika's a bit worried that fame will forever slip past her!!
Komugi Panic
[Wheat Panic]
小麦パニック
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 5 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1985/06 to 1986/05
Pages: 192
Story: Kusanagi Umi enrolls in the "One Ear of Wheat Girls Academy".
Before she even attends the school though, she gets to know the resident school idol Hashiba Kou, and so she ends up having to deal with her groupies.
Things get even messier when her fans get thrown in the mix! Not only that, but what's this about having to find her half-sister at this very school?!
This was a series published in the Weekly Shoujo Comic.
Nakaniwa no Ibu-tachi
[The Eves in the Garden]
中庭のイブたち
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 1 Volume
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1985/10
Pages: 190
Story: The school courtyard is a paradise of love that wraps the impressionable girls in its warm embrace.
Girls with their own individual joys and woes, gather again today to search for answers. In this case of three girls; Yukana, Natsumi, and Sachiko....
Nakanai de Mister
泣かないでミスター
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 1 Volume
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1986/01
Pages: 192
Story:
-A Magical Night-
-A Thousand Words, One Feeling-
Tatsuya, who has been acting as Ao’s guardian ever since her mom passed away,
informs Ao that he'll be getting rid of the house where she grew up!
...Not if she has any say in it though! She won't let him sell off the house that her mom treasured so!
This volume also contains in addition to the title fiction "Magical Night" as well as "A Thousand Words, One Feeling"
Juliet no Musume
[Juliet's daughter]
ジュリエットの娘
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 5 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1986/09 - 1987/09
Pages: 192
Story: Azumi's parents, whose families owned rival companies,
could not have their relationship accepted by those around them and in the end, they abandoned Azumi to commit suicide.
Her grandfather, now wracked with guilt, decides to take Azumi in.
Before long, she is now in high school, and rumours seem to start going around about an engagement between her and Shuuichi, the future head of her grandfather's company?!
Momoka Taifuun!!
桃花タイフーン!!
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 7 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1987/12 - 1989/06
Pages: 192
This series was reprinted by Flower Comics Deluxe in 2005 with a total of 3 Waidoban volumes (A5) with over 400 pages for each volume.
Story: Momoka is a middle school girl with a great talent in playing piano. She is the youngest sister and she lives with her five older brothers. Momoka falls in love with a high schooler but all five of her brothers object to her new first love. So they force the fifth brother to spy on Momoka and to take the entrance exam in the same high school as Momoka’s first love. Will Momoka ever be able to live a happy love life with her beloved one when she has four brothers who make a fuss?
Romance Godan Katsuyou
[Four Steps to Romance]
ろまんす五段活用
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 4 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1989/10 to 1990/07
Pages: 192
Story: ICHIMURA Mugiko is a fifteen years old girl and she lives happily in a small apartment with her adopted mother and father. Though her parents are middle class workers she still likes her life.
Since she was little Mugiko as always dreamt of being rich and that her real parents would come to pick her up in an expensive car. Her dreams are finally fulfilled when, one day four men in black suits come to pick her up claiming that she is the biological nephew of the head of the Shidou clan, a prestigious and rich well-known family. She’s now the heir of the Shidou family fortune and decides to start living with her grandfather. But money doesn’t make life any better, and her cousin SHIDOU Yoshiki, the previous heir of the family, sure doesn’t make her life easier.
She wants to go back to her old family and escape this gold trap. So she makes a deal with her grandfather. She will borrow the money to buy a house where she would live with her adopted parents and she will have to return them in five years. If she fails to repay the money back she will have to live with her grandfather and marry whoever her grandfather wants.
Money can bring quite a few problems.
Makoto Call!
真コール！
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 9 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1991/01 to 1992/11
Pages: 192
This series was reprinted by Flower Comics Deluxe in 2003 with a total of 4 Waidoban volumes (A5) with over 400 pages for each volume.
Story: Huzisaki Makoto is a first year high school girl of the Hakuho academy. She is tall with a tomboy look and has done some photo modelling. One day she decides to try playing volleyball and she finds out that she has some skills due to her unique ability to jump high. So she joins the volleyball team and even starts dreaming about the Olympics.
Mangetsu ni Kiite Goran
満月にきいてごらん
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 1 Volume
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1992/12
Pages: 192
Story:
-A self-centered Gaze-
-The Diamond of the Sky-
-A Blinding After School-
Ogawa Takako is a fifteen year old girl, obsessed with the idol Hanyuu Tetsuya.
On a full moon, she spots what appears to be someone who looks just like him.
On a whim, she ends up buying a camera...and so begins the start of an unforgettable night.
Happy Ends
Happy Ends
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 3 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1992/05 to 1997/06
Pages: 192
Story: Ai is a first grader at a computer company, but she doesn’t know anything about computer. She has a warm-hearted personality, but her love life…? A collection of masterpieces to describe the wonderful love of women in the marriageable age.
Tenshi no Shippo
[The Angel's Tail]
天使のしっぽ
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 3 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1993/05 to 1993/11
Pages: 192
Story: Kyogoku Subaru is a fifteen years old girl, the daughter of a famous scientist. One day her father is kidnapped and she rescues him with the help of the university student Arisu but one of her father’s invention is missing. The investigation begins.
Isaberu Hime Kakeochi
イサベル姫 駆落っ！（キャンバス文庫）
Author: 作/秋津透
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In:
Tankōbon: 1 Volume
Imprint Label:
Release date: 1993/07
Pages: 254
Story:
Mariko Mangaka ni narimasu!
[Mariko Becomes a Mangaka!]
マリコまんが家になります！
Publisher: Shogakukan
Waidoban: 1 Volume (A5)
Imprint Label: Flower Comics SP
Release date: 1993/10
Pages: 184
Story: From writing the story to drawing a picture, all you need to know to become a skilled mangaka.
From Her Majesty's collection
Joouheika no Wakuwaku Daisakusen The Queen's Exciting Epic Plan
女王陛下のワクワク大作戦
Author: 秋津透 Akitsu Toru
Illustrator: Fujita Kazuko
Publisher: Shogakukan
Tankōbon: 3 Volumes
Release date: 1994
Pages: 220
Story: Due to a plague that wipes out all the men,
Norikuni is left to only the defences of the women when Ukuni invades. But Queen Elizabeth pays this no heed as she appoints her friend Agnes as the minister of financial affairs.
She orders her to head to the foremost line along with the war strategists.
However, Agnes has a difficult time being placed alongside people who use their intuitions alone to make a move.
What's happening in in this country?! This volume also contains numerous illustrations by Fujita Kazuko.
Aizou no Wana Trap of Love and Hate
愛憎の罠＊
Author: 秋津透 Akitsu Toru
Illustrator: Fujita Kazuko
Publisher: Shogakukan
Tankōbon: 3 Volumes
Release date: 1994
Pages: 220
Story: The pride of Han Kingdom, the invincible prodigial strategiest Janet, has a tragic past.
Seven years ago, when she was 12, her older brother, Julius, was murdered by an unknown attacker.
Hakko Hensou
白虎奔走
Author: 秋津透 Akitsu Toru
Illustrator: Fujita Kazuko
Publisher: Shogakukan
Tankōbon: 3 Volumes
Release date: 1995
Pages: 200
Story:
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Dream Rush!
ドリーム・ラッシュ！
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 6 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1994/04 to 1995/07
Pages: 192
Story: After being in a three-legged race with college student Toujou Kazuha, Hisayo Mamoru, a theatre-loving girl sets off on a journey to become an actress. This is a success drama seeped in love and passion!
P.P. Scramble
P.P.すくらんぶる
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 3 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1995/11 to 1996/05
Pages: 192
Story: Megumi fell in love with Kei at first sight and they start living together. However after several interferences in their love life, the consequences might be bad…
Kane no Prism
Prism of Money
金のプリズム
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 2 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1996/12 to 1997/04
Pages: 192
Story: Maria is a 17-year old girl who looks up to top skater, Yazawa Tatsurou.
From his recommendation, she ends up forming pairs with Kazumi! And so begins the start of Maria's romance on ice!!
Kaze ni Kike
Ask the Wind
風に訊け
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 4 Volumes
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: from 1997/09 to 1998/10
Pages: 192
Story: Mei, who's 17 years old, puts to action an idea to get her childhood friend, Nagisa, into the world of show business. This is a success story in which Mei and Nagisa, who have neither the connections nor the money, climb the ladder of the show biz industry!
Akai Tsuki
[Red Moon]
赤い月 / 藤田和子DRAMATIC STORY(1)
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Betsucomi
Tankōbon: 1 Volume
Imprint Label: Flower Comics
Release date: 1998/12
Pages: 192
Story: Makiko is the editor of seinen manga. She tries to encourage the mangaka she's in charge of, but he ends up falling into a slump...?
This is a collection of stories depicting the lives and times of women.
FUJITA KAZUKO'S JUDY COMICS
Ayakaze no Runner
The Runner of Wind
彩風（かぜ）のランナー
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative
Serialized In: JUDI
Bunkoban: 4 Volumes (B6)
Imprint Label: JUDI Comics
Release date: from 1999/09 to 2000/04
Pages: 208
Story: The Miyazaki Prefecture of Nobeoka is famous for turning out excellent runners.
After the death of her younger sister Chigusa, who was the new talent of the running world, her older sister Ayako begins to run. And so began the start of a legend....
Moonlight Party
ムーンライト・パーティー
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative
Serialized In: JUDI
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: JUDI Comics
Release date: 2005/07
Pages: 208
Story: It was a real prince who appeared in front of the TV station’s journalist Narumiya Saki who got lost in the forest. He took her to his castle where she found out that that day was the anniversary of death of a prince’s dear person, but….
Nemuru Akuamarin
[Nemuru Aquamarine]
眠るアクアマリン
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative
Serialized In: JUDI
Bunkoban: 2 Volumes (B6)
Imprint Label: JUDI Comics
Release date: from 2005/11 to 2006/04
Pages: 192
Story:
Hana Karou Kimi e
For You with the Flowery Scent
花薫る君へ
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative
Serialized In: JUDI
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: JUDI Comics
Release date: 2007/02
Pages: 192
Story: The "Refined Thief" who only stole the art of the rich, on that day ends up stealing the heart of a young girl called Koyoi. This is an unforgettable love story of modern tastes set in the first part of the Showa era.
Tsuki no Piasu
[Pierced Earrings of the Moon]
月のピアス
Publisher: Shogakukan Creative
Serialized In: JUDI
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: JUDI Comics
Release date: 2009/12
Pages: 176
Story:
FUJITA KAZUKO'S HARLEQUIN COMICS
Silver
シルバー
Adaptation of the English fiction "Silver" by Penny Jordan.
Author: Penny Jordan
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Bunkoban: 9 Volumes (B6)
Imprint Label: Comic Mira
Release date: 2000/10 - 2002/10
Pages: 210
Story:
Geraldine Francis is the innocent daughter of a wealthy aristocrat. Being sheltered all her life, she is oblivious to her cousin Charles' true intentions when he lures her in and makes her fall hopelessly in love with him. It is only after the murder of her father that she realizes his love was nothing but love for the money and the land that came with her name. She vows revenge, and she throws away her past in order to become "Silver," the perfect woman. With a new face, and a new lease on life, she will turn the tables on the man whom she once loved so that this time, it is he who will be left with nothing.
Gold
ゴールド
Author: Ann Major
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Bunkoban: 8 Volumes (B6)
Imprint Label: Comic Mira
Release date: 2003/04 - 2004/12
Pages: 210
Story:
Mars knows that nothing will stop him from tracking down his wife, Chantal, who'd betrayed him and sent him to prison for a crime he didn't commit. Chantal had died--or so everyone said--but Mars knew she'd merely transformed herself and reemerged into the spotlight as supermodel Mischief Jones.
Mars was a hard man, a bitter one, who'd survived by shutting off his emotions. But when he finally captured the woman he'd been hunting, the bewitching seductress with the luminous eyes denied everything. He was falling under her spell. Who was she really --an angel...or a cunningly brilliant counterfeit with an agenda of her own?
Yuuwaku no Rule
[The Seduction Bid]
誘惑のルール
Author: Amanda Browning
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2009/01
Pages: 128
Story:
Step one: seduction!
Having lost one husband, Kari Maitland wasn't looking for another. But that didn't stop her having needs--needs that playboy Lance Hersee was only too willing to fulfill....
Step two: marriage!
An affair with Lance seemed the ideal solution. But what Kari hadn't realized was that Lance's seduction was only his opening bid. Far from just wanting an affair with Kari, he was intent on the one thing she vowed she'd never do again....
Angus's Lost Lady
シンデレラに靴を
Author: Marie Rydzynski-Ferrarella
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2009/02
Pages: 128
Sale or Return Bride
仮面の花嫁
Author: Sarah Morgan
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2009/03
Pages: 128
Scanlation: Harlequin Kindle US
Story:
Despite being born to a wealthy Greek family, Alesia lived a humble life with her mother after her ruthless grandfather banished them from the family. Then, for the first time in 15 years, Alesia is summoned by her grandfather only to be told he has chosen a man to whom she must marry. He demands she marry Sebastien Fiorukis, the eldest son of another wealthy Greek family. The two families have been feuding for two generations, so what could her grandfather be scheming? But if she accepts this proposal, her ill mother will be saved. Alesia reluctantly agrees, but she didn't know how her new fiancé would treat her...
Something from the Heart
心のすべてを
Author: Amanda Browning
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2009/09
Pages: 128
Story:
"Morgan's coming home!" her stepfather cried
Those three words should have released a flood of warm memories for Leigh. Instead, thoughts of their last disastrous encounter blotted out the rest.
Just when she'd been coming to terms with her awakening feelings, Morgan had seemed intent on resisting the passion that flowed between them.
"Why must it be you of all women who tempts me almost beyond endurance?" he'd said. Why couldn't he see that she was nothing like her mother? And why was the thought of seeing him again casting her world into turmoil...?
A Scandalous Situation
臆病な女神
Author: Patricia Frances Rowell
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: 2 Volumes (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2009/12
Pages: 160
Story:
Her past was a dark country
And Iantha Kethley was trapped at its borders, never quite able to escape the one defining moment of her life. Until the day she held Robert Armstrong at gunpoint -- and he offered her a future she'd never dared imagine!
Rob Armstrong, Lord Duncan, swore he'd not be mere protector of Iantha Kethley, but true partner as well, for this sweetly vulnerable woman had a spine of surprising steel -- a necessary attribute to face the danger that stalked her still. Her need drew him to her; her courage held him by her side -- where he'd willingly remain, bound by honor, passion...and love!
The Italian's Token Wife
花嫁になる条件
Author: Julia James
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: 1 Volume (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2010/03
Pages: 128
Story:
Italian millionaire Rafaello di Viscenti vows to marry the first woman he sees -- who just happens to be Magda!
She's been desperately trying to make ends meet by cleaning Rafaello's house. His proposal of marriage comes with a large financial reward -- all she has to do is spend six months as Rafaello's wife in name only.
But though Rafaello hadn't planned on sleeping with his new wife...he can't resist her!
Italian Husbands -- tall,dark -- and ready to marry!
Casino Inferno
ホテル・インフェルノ
Author: Linda Howard
Publisher: Harlequin K.K.
Serialized In: ハーレクイン オリジナル Harlequin Original
Bunkoban: Ongoing (B6)
Imprint Label: Harlequin Comics Kirara
Release date: 2010
Pages:
Story:
ITS TIME TO DISCOVER THE RAINTREE TRILOGY
Two hundred years after the Raintree clan defeated and abandoned them on a small Caribbean Island, the Ansara wizards are rising again to take on their bitterest foes. Despite their extraordinary powers and supernatural origin, the Raintree have largely blended into the modern world. They are bankers, cops, husbands, wives and lovers in the society of humankind. But now, from Nevada to North Carolina, the rejoined battle will measure the endurance of their people. It will test their loyalties and relationships. And it will force upon them all new lives they could barely have imagined before.
©FUJITA Kazuko , Shogakukan
Info's credits go to : Wikipedia, Rainfall, Baka-Updates Manga, Anime News Network,The Ultimate Manga Guide, Shogakukan Online, Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Shōjo Comic, Amazon JP, Betsucomi, Harlequin, Harlequin Comics
