Written by Yankee Wasio 03 April 2011 Published in Manga

The "Female Mangaka you Always Thought was Male" Ranking

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Unlike sportsmen and idols, mangaka are celebrities who hardly step into the public spotlight. There are also numerous mangaka who don't use their real names, but instead go by pen names. And among those, there are a surprising number of female mangaka who use pen names that make one assume they are male.The female mangaka that made the most people go "eh, you mean he was actually a she!?" with her male-sounding pen name is Satou Fumiya, the mangaka of the hit manga "Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo", which was also made into an anime and live-action drama. Her face has appearedon some of the books in the "Kindaichi~" series, and she made the headlines when she ran for the national elections and drew her own character illustrations on her election posters. Even now, many people still believe her to be male.

Another female mangaka often thought to be male is Arakawa Hiromu, best known for her huge hit manga "Fullmetal Alchemist". It appears that although she doesn't make it a point to make her gender obvious, it is obvious through the interviews and such published in magazines that she is a female.

Satou Fumiya, Arakawa Hiromu and Amaka Soubee top the list.

In addition, many other mangaka who write major shounen series are also female, such as Tanabe Yellow, who wrote "Kekkaishi", and Yamamoto Kazuki, who wrote "God Hand Teru". The full rankings are as follows: