Minori Kimura

In recent years, Kimura has published fewer works, with most of her releases being reprints of older works. She has also created several health-related manga. One of her works finished its run in 2008 in Mugenkan [ja], a magazine published by Asahi Sonorama.

After graduating from college, Kimura took a short break from creating manga before returning with Okurimono (贈り物, "Gift"), published by Shogakukan in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic in 1974. The short story discussed the struggles of elementary school life. She later published Nanohana Hatake no Kochiragawa (菜の花畑のこちら側, "This Side of the Rapeseed Blossom Field"), a short story about four young college girls living together. Nanohana caused her to gain wider popularity. From that point, Kimura generally published manga in shōjo (aimed at teenage girls), seinen (aimed at young men), and ladies' comics (aimed at adult women) magazines published by Akita Shoten and Kodansha.

She made her professional debut in 1964 at the age of 14 with her short story Picnic (ピクニック, Pikunikku), published by Shueisha in the Spring Break Special issue of Ribon. During her school breaks, Kimura continued writing short stories published in magazines such as COM and Ribon Comic. Her stories' settings throughout the 1960s and early 1970s were varied, including places like Auschwitz, Vietnam, and the slums of Rio de Janeiro. She covered topics interesting to young girls, elaborately drawing out the feelings and motivations of her characters.

Minori Kimura (樹村 みのり, Kimura Minori, born 11 November 1949 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. Critics and scholars often count her among the Year 24 Group, a nebulous group of female artists considered to have revolutionized shōjo manga (Japanese comics for girls) in the 1970s.