Aruko

is a Japanese manga artist. After debuting in 1999, she launched her first series, Yasuko to Kenji, in 2005. Following its completion, she began illustrating Kazune Kawahara's My Love Story!! in 2011, which performed well and received multiple adaptations. Following My Love Story!!s completion, Aruko began illustrating My Love Mix-Up! in 2019.

Biography Aruko was born in Ishikawa Prefecture on July 26. Aruko debuted as a manga artist in 1999 with the one-shot Ame no Chi Hare, published in Bessatsu Margaret. It would later receive a TV drama adaptation.

Together they created My Love Story!!, which debuted in October 2011. The series performed well and won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo in 2013 and the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2016. The series has also received multiple adaptations, notably an anime television series and a live-action film.

In June 2019, Aruko began illustrating a new series, My Love Mix-Up!; it was written by Wataru Hinekure. The series has received a TV drama adaptation. The series won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2022.

Works (1999) (one-shot published in Bessatsu Margaret) (2005–2006) (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret) (2011–2016) (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret; written by Kazune Kawahara) (2019–2022) (serialized in Bessatsu Margaret; written by Wataru Hinekure)