Yaoi-Con 2009 | A Celebration of Male Beauty & Passion in Anime & Manga

Guest of Honor: Minami Haruka (a.k.a Minami Kazuka)

Date of birth: February 12

Hometown: Fukushima, Japan

Blood type: A

Zodiac: Aquarius

Yaoi-Con is extremely proud and positively tickled a lovely shade of pink to welcome Minami-sensei as our Guest of Honor for 2009!

It's no secret that Minami-sensei has perfected the fine art of drawing us in with clever humor, carefully opened shirts, and strategically placed ribbons. With characters both truly beautiful and cavity-inducing cute, you can't help but double-take when you catch a glimpse of her work. But if the art gets you there, the stories have no trouble keeping you firmly enthralled just as much.

Crossing genres with enviably fluid ease, Minami-sensei's stories have the ability to make time fly. Whether it's a friend teaching another all he needs to know about pleasure or discussing the perfect shiny pink of their lover's nipples, each story never fails to catch you in its "must keep reading" spell. There are heartbreaks and misunderstandings, highschool drama in all its angsty forms, squishy-love with more fluff and honey than a rabbit in a cotton-candy spinner, and even comedy that will get you texting your friends in a flurry of giggles.

So from accidentally seme androids on bondage missions, to teachers and schoolboys (to Barely schoolboys ^.~), to house-"wives" in aprons . . . and, well . . . just the aprons . . . *clears throat* right! And to catboys and the dedicated few who groom them in the bathroom, Minami-sensei is a fountain of creativity that will never run dry.

What more could you ask for?

Projects:

Bathroom Grooming – 2008 - 1 volume

Bitter - Kare no Hisoyaka na Seppun – 2008 - 1 volume

Child Epicurean – 2006 - 1 volume

Egotist na Seishokusha – 2000 - 1 volume (as Minami Kazuka)

Furachi na Kare no Shitsukekata – 2006 - 1 volume

Haitoku no Love Sick – 2003 - 1 volume

Hanairo Virgin Soil – 2005 - 1 volume

Honey Boys Spiral – 2006 - ongoing - 2 volumes (as Minami Kazuka)

I Will Take Care of Your Bud - Oneshot

J-BOY by Biblos - Indecent Encounter - 1 volume - Compilation of one-shots by various artists/writers/manga-ka

Junk!Boys – 2006 - 1 volume

Kiken na Hokeni Counselor – 2005 - 1 volume

Kimi de Oboreta Ato wai – 2005 - 1 volume

Kindan no Amai Kajitsui – 2002 - 1 volume 

Kiri no Gakuen Series – 2008 (as Minami Kazuka)

• Sweet Embrace

• Tear Drop

Kohitsuji Hokaku Keikaku! – 2002 - 3 volumes (as Minami Kazuka)

Koibito Shigan – 2001 - 1 volume

Liking You – 2003 - 1 volume

Making Love Like Newlyweds – 2006 - 1 volume

Milk Taste Honey – 2006 - 1 volume

Nijou na Koi no Kakehiki (Strategy for Love Squared)

No Toy – 2001 - Oneshot

Renai a la Carte! – 2003 - 1 volume

Saihate no Kimi e – 2004 - 1 volume

Senzoku de Aishitei – 2006 - 1 volume

Skin Cream de Nurashite – 2005 - 1 volume (as Minami Kazuka)

Strawberry Children – 1997

Strip – 2002 - Oneshot

Sweet - Ano Amai Amai Aji – 2006 - 1 volume

Tonari no Heya no Paranoia – 2004 - 1 volume (as Minami Kazuka)

Welcome to the University of Love - Oneshot