Kotomi Aoki

Kotomi Aoki (青木 琴美, Aoki Kotomi, born January 7, 1980) is a Japanese manga artist residing in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. She received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga for Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu. Kotomi took her 2013 Manga, "The Liar and His Lover" and remade a new version that was released in 2017. Her story The Liar and His Lover was also adapted into both a 2013 Japanese film, Kanojo wa uso o aishisugiteiru. and a 2017 South Korean TV Series: Geunyeoneun Geojitmaleul Neomoo Saranghae.