Katsura Hoshino

born at April 21, 1980 in the Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She's a Japanese manga writer and artist best known for her creation "D.Gray-man". She made her debut by creating "Continue" which was published at July 2003. Her work D.Gray-man is currently be published by Jump Square, but originally her work got published by Weekly Shōnen Jump, but her work, before entering Jump Square, got first published in Akamaru Jump.

Biography
Katsura Hoshino was born on April 21, 1980 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She was the younger raternal twin girls and the second of three children. In 1998, Hoshino moved to Tokyo, Japan which she also dreamed of bringing her mother there. She fulfilled her dream in 2006. She first drew manga at age 21. She and her sister where first living in Kyoto before she became a manga artist. They both where been drawing manga and Hoshino had a meeting with Weekly Shōnen Jump which they've seen potential in her work. Hoshino didn't sleep for three days straight which she believed that she wasn't able to come to the meeting at Shōnen Jump. When it was about time, her sister was bringing her to Jump, evenly Hoshino was in her pyjama. The editor didn't mind for some reason that she was somewhat late, and liked her manga that she draw and liked to be her editor. That was the start of Hoshino's manga career.

Reception
Hoshino has been highly praised for her art, which has been compared to the works of Joe Madureira, Kelley Jones, and Chris Bachalo by one reviewer and described as "some of the best artwork in the business" by another. Her character designs received many positive comments ranging from "especially lovely" to "the most visually striking element" of her art and it is said that both male and female readers will enjoy the designs. However, she has been just as highly criticized for her lack of skill in drawing action scenes, which leads one reviewer to believe she will not or cannot draw physical combat.

Trivia

 * Known is that Hoshino has a fraternal twin sister, she's the reason why she's drawing manga.
 * She has a cat named Koro who is handicapped.
 * Hoshino's favourite manga artist is Takeshi Obata known for his art work "Death Note" and "Bakuman" alongside with the writer Tsugumi Ohba.
 * Hoshino's favourite anime director is Hayao Miyazaki known for directing the Lupin III series and various others.