Kazumi Yamashita (artist)

Kazumi Yamashita (山下和美, Yamashita Kazumi, born 15 August 1959 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. Although she writes primarily older shōjo manga, she is best known for The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa, which was published in the seinen magazine Morning, and for which she received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.

Selected works

Dandy and Me (ダンディーとわたし, Dandii to Watashi)

The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa (天才柳沢教授の生活, Tensai Yanagisawa Kyoju no Seikatsu)

Wonder Boy (不思議な少年, Fushigi na Shōnen)