Yun Kōga

Risa Kimura (木村 理沙, Kimura Risa, born July 9, 1965), better known by her pen name Yun Kōga (高河 ゆん, Kōga Yun) is a Japanese manga artist. She is married to fellow manga artist Tatsuneko, from whom he took the name of Risa Yamada (山田 理沙, Yamada Risa). She is a graduate of Mita Senior High School, Tokyo. She currently lives in Setagaya, Tokyo with her husband and daughter. She is currently working on Kurumada Suikoden - Hero of Heroes.

Profile
She began her career as a dōjinshi artist creating dōjinshi for works such as Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa and Maōden.

She debuted in a commercial magazine with the original work Metal Heart (serialized in Kobunsha's Comic VAL from November 1986). After her debut, she continued to contribute on numerous dōjin works. However, the later disbanding of a dōjin circle, Yajō Teikoku, she had founded with Maki Chikura, led to her taking numerous breaks from her commercial works. Due to this, there were incomplete works penned by her during this period.

During her years in middle school, she had been a fan of Masami Kurumada's manga series Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya (all serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump) and B't X (serialized in Monthly Shōnen Ace), sending Kurumada numerous fan letters asking to meet him, after which Kurumada finally agreed, inviting her to his workplace.

When asked about her penname in an interview in the September 2006 issue of Puff, she responded that she had originally thought of making it Jun Kōga, but subsequently changed it to Yun Kōga.

Among her noted works is Loveless, which has been serialized in Monthly Comic Zero Sum since 2002 and is ongoing, as well as her work Tenshichō (天使庁). She has also worked as an illustrator on the noted literary magazine Faust.

In 2007, she contributed the character designs to the Sunrise anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Unfinished/current works

 *  (LOVELESS) 2001–
 * Tenshichō (天使庁) 2002–2007
 * Kill Me (KILL ME) 2003–2006
 * Satō-kun and Tanaka-san -The blood highschool (佐藤くんと田中さん -The blood highschool) 2007–
 * Kurumada Suidoken Hero of Heroes (車田水滸伝 HERO OF HEROES) 2013–

Completed works

 *  (Akuma no Riddle) 2012–2016
 *  (アーシアン) 1987–1995
 * Saffron Zero Beat (サフラン・ゼロ・ビート) 1988–1991
 * Kodomotachi wa Yoru no Juunin (子供たちは夜の住人) 1988–1990
 * Rōrakaizā (ローラカイザー) 1988–1993
 * REN AI - Renai - (REN-AI 恋愛) 1989–1999
 * You're My Only Shinin' Star (You're My Only Shinin' Star 君はぼくの輝ける星) 1989–1990
 * Kiga Ichizoku (飢餓一族) 1992–1993
 *  (超獣伝説ゲシュタルト, Chōjū Densetsu Geshutaruto) 1992–2001
 * Yousei Jiken (妖精事件) 1993–1999
 * La Vie en Rose (LA VIE EN ROSE) 1995–1998
 *  (恋愛-CROWN-) 1998–2002
 * Hapipuri (はぴぷり) 1999–2001
 * Earthian Gaiden Himitsu no Hanazono (アーシアン外伝 秘密の花園) 2002
 * Bite Me

Incomplete works

 * B-gata Doumei (B型同盟) 1988–1989
 * Genji (源氏) 1988–1995
 * Yajō Teikoku (夜嬢帝国) 1988–1989
 * Arisu in Wonderland (ありす IN WONDERLAND) 1989–1992
 * Vanpu - Kyūketsu no To - (ヴァンプ-吸血の徒-) 1989–1995
 * Hurricane Hill (ハリケーン・ヒル) 1997
 * Chronicle (クロニクル) 1998

Short works

 * Metal Heart (メタルハート) 1986
 * Mind Size (マインドサイズ) 1986–1988
 * Glass Magic (グラス・マジック) 1988
 * Hot Staff '88 (ほっと・すたっふ'88) 1988
 * Ōkami wo Meguru Bouken (狼をめぐる冒険) 1989
 * Kugatsu no Natsu (9月の夏) 1989
 * Yakusoku no Natsu (約束の夏) 1991
 * Yousei Jiken 1992 (妖精事件 1992) 1992
 * Kurayamizaka (暗闇坂) 1999

Collaborations

 *  (若草物語) (original creator: Louisa May Alcott) 1985
 * Choushinka Enasu (超新化エナス) (original creator: Toshiki Hirano) 1988–1989
 * Carol - K (CAROL-K) (original creator: Naoto Kine) 1995–1998
 *  (クロックタワーゴーストヘッド) (original creator: Human Entertainment) 1998
 * Majuu no Kuru Yoru (魔獣の来る夜) (Kaoru Kurimoto) 2001
 * Houkago, Nanajikan-me. (放課後、七時間目. ) (original creator: Nisio Isin) 2006
 *  (機動戦士ガンダム00 in those days) (original creator: Sunrise) 2008–2010
 *  (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン コミックトリビュート) (original creator: Gainax, khara inc.) 2010
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Paradise TV (機動戦士ガンダム00 楽園TV) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010
 * Itsuka Dokoka no Matikado de (いつかどこかの街角で) (original creator: Sunrise) 2010

Artbook collections

 * LOVE SONGS (1988)
 * SSSSPECIAL (1989)
 * YOUR EYES ONLY (2005)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Design Works (2009)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Dear Meisters COMIC&ARTS (2009)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Kouga Yun Works Complete (2010)

Other works

 * Cycland (CYCLAND サイクランド) 1991
 *  (いまどきのバンパイア-高河ゆん+大貫健一設定原画集) 1997
 * LOVELESS MIND MAP (LOVELESS MIND MAP) 2005

Original character designs

 *  (Naoto Kine) - (Magic Bus)
 * High School Aura Buster (Mio Wakagi) - OVA (OLM, Inc.)
 * Imadoki no Vampire: Bloody Bride - PlayStation video game (Atlus) (dating sim)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - anime television series (Sunrise)
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer - anime film (Sunrise)
 *  - anime television series (Bones)

Illustrations

 * Makenden (Seika Nagare)
 * Mangaka Marina series (Hitomi Fujimoto)
 * High School Aura Buster (Mio Wakagi)
 * Light Gene no Isan (Chōhei Kambayashi)
 * Moerurubu Tokyo Annai 2006