Biography

Hinako Ashihara (芦原 妃名子, Ashihara Hinako, born January 25, 1974 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese manga artist. She wrote and illustrated various manga series, including, Homemade Home, Forbidden Dance, Sand Chronicles, Piece: Kanojo no Kioku, Tennen Bitter Chocolate, SOS, and Chouchou Kumo. Ashihara won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for her manga series Sand Chronicles, as well as the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award for Piece: Kanojo no Kioku. Her first published work, "Sono hanashi okotowari shimasu" (lit. "That Sweet Organ Song"), premiered in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic in 1994 and is featured in SOS.