Nobara Nonaka

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Female mangaka specializing in 4-koma. She was active in many magazines, such as Kiss, Neko no Techo and Manga Life Original. Her most notable works include Gaten no Kako-chan, Neko ga Suki and Neko-sama no Iunari. Debuted in 1989 with her series *Chibikko Parfait*, published in Houbunsha's Manga Time Special. Her hobbies included traveling across Asia and watching Hollywood movies on DVD. She also loved Thai food.

Starting in 2001, she attended the Chinese language school "JALCA" in Sapporo, which she would then draw a 4koma about.

Multiple of her manga revolve around her daily life with her pet cats Chiko, Yume, Ryu and Jasmine/Jasu.

At some point, she moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido, where she passed away in the early hours of November 16th, 2012, due to an undisclosed illness.