Natsumi Ando

Natsumi Ando (安藤 なつみ, Andō Natsumi)^[1] is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1994 with Headstrong Cinderella, which won the 19th Nakayoshi Rookie Award.^[1] She is best known for Zodiac P.I., Something's Wrong with Us, and Kitchen Princess, the latter for which she won the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2006.^[2] Something's Wrong with Us received a live-action Japanese television drama adaptation that premiered on Nippon TV on August 12, 2020, starring Minami Hamabe and Ryusei Yokohama.^[3]

Natsumi Ando
安藤 なつみ
Born	Tenpaku Ward, Nagoya
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Known for	Zodiac P.I. Kitchen Princess Something's Wrong with Us
Website	blog.goo.ne.jp/miyasayo0127

Works

• Tsuiteru ne Hijiri-chan (ツイてる ね 聖ちゃん)(April–November 1998, Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 1 volume)^[4]
• Smile de Ikō (スマイル で いこう) (February 1999–?, Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 2 volumes)^[5][6]
• Maria-ppoino! (マリアっぽいの) (2000)
• Zodiac P.I. (十二宮でつかまえて, Jūnikyū de Tsukamaete) (April 2001–January 2003, Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 4 volumes; English translation, 2003^[7])
• Tamete Misema Show! (貯めて みせま ショウ!) (2003)
• Wild @ Heart (ワイルド だもん, Wairudo Damon) (April 2003–May 2004, Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 3 volumes;^[8][9] English translation, 2010^[10])
• Kitchen Princess (キッチンのお姫さま, Kitchen no Ohime-sama) (September 2004—October 2008,^[11][12] Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 10 volumes; English translation, 2007^[13])
• Arisa (ARISA<アリサ>) (February 2009—September 2012,^[14][15] Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 12 volumes; English translation, 2010^[16])
• Let's Dance a Waltz (ワルツのお時間, Waltz no Ojikan, lit. "Time for a Waltz") (February 2013–February 2014,^[17][18] Nakayoshi, Kodansha, 3 volumes; English translation, 2015)^[19]
• "The World in Your Palm" (Tsunagaru ~Te no Hira no Sekai~) (April 2014, Nakayoshi, oneshot)^[20]
• (ハイジと山男)(February 2015–ongoing, BE LOVE, Kodansha, 3 volumes)^[21]
• Something's Wrong with Us (私たちはどうかしている, Watashitachi wa Dōka Shiteiru)(December 2016-July 2021, Kodansha, 16 volumes; English translation, 2020)^[22][23]