Seimu Yoshizaki

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}

{{nihongo|Seimu Yoshizaki|芳崎せいむ|Seimu Yoshizaki |born in Kanagawa}} is a Japanese manga artist. She made her debut with Aka–chan to Tenshi in 1989.[http://www.sigikki.com/creators/seimuyoshizaki/index.shtml Sigikki.com Seimu Yoshizaki]. She is best known for Kingyo Used Books (2004–2020), serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine.

Yoshizaki has illustrated manga written by Takashi Nagasaki, who also works under the pen names Toshusai Garaku and Richard Woo, several times since Telekinesis Yamate TV Kinema Shitsu (2004–2007). They first reunited for the female detective manga Deka Girl, which ran in Kodansha's Kiss Plus from 2008 to August 2011.{{cite web|title=Kiss PLUSに新鋭登場、謎めく男女3人が幽霊旅館を調査 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/54459 |website=Natalie |language=Japanese |date=2011-08-08|access-date=2021-10-06}} The two then serialized the science fiction detective series Usagi Tantei Monogatari (2012–2013) for Kodansha's Kiss.{{cite web|title=「デカガール」の長崎尚志×芳崎せいむ、新作は探偵物語|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/71762|website=Natalie |language=Japanese|date=2012-06-25|access-date=2021-10-03}} Yoshizaki and Woo created Abracadabra: Ryōki Hanzai Tokusōshitsu in Big Comic Original Zōkan from 2014 to 2020.{{cite web|title=Yoshizaki Seimu, Richard Woo End Abracadabra Mystery Manga in October |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-11/yoshizaki-seimu-richard-woo-end-abracadabra-mystery-manga-in-october/.162803|website=Anime News Network|date=2020-08-11 |access-date=2021-10-06}} It won the first Saito Takao Award in 2018.{{cite web|title=第1回さいとう・たかを賞、「アブラカダブラ ～猟奇犯罪特捜室～」に決定|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/264966|website=Natalie|language=Japanese |date=2018-01-12|access-date=2021-10-06}} In 2022, the two began the suspense manga Minzoku Gakusha Akasaka Yaichirō no Jiken-bo in the October issue of Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon, which was released on August 24, 2022.{{cite web|title=脱サラしたこけしマニアの主人公を描く人情サスペンス「民俗学者 赤坂弥一郎の事件簿」|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/490892|website=Natalie|language=Japanese |date=2022-08-24|access-date=2022-10-01}}