Ichigo Takano

Ichigo Takano (Japanese: 高野苺, Hepburn: Takano Ichigo, born January 11, 1986) is a Japanese manga artist from Nagano in Japan and is best known for Orange. Takano made her debut in high school in 2002 with START. She first achieved success with her work Dreamin' Sun. Takano is also the creator and author of New York Times bestseller Orange. After beginning serialization in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret in 2012, Orange was abruptly suspended from the January 2013 issue. It was later picked up by Futabasha's Monthly Action in February 2014 where it continued to be serialized until 2015.