Yuki Kure

Yuki Kure (呉 由姫, Kure Yuki, born December 4) is a Japanese manga artist who has done illustrations and character designs for Kin'iro no Corda, Koei's third Neoromance series. She was born and raised in Chiba Prefecture Japan. In 1999, she made her debut as a newcomer with the story Chijō Yori Eien ni which won accolades at the 24th Hakusensha Athena Newcomers' Awards and was published in LaLa magazine the next year. Most of her one-shot stories also ran in the same magazine followed by her manga adaptation of Kin'iro no Corda in October 2003. Her hobbies include watching soccer games and collecting small merchandises.

An interview between Hakusensha and Kure revealed the latter's difficulty in drawing Len Tsukimori during her time as the character designer of Kin'iro no Corda. However, she found it very easy to draw Kazuki Hihara and young girls. In this same interview, Kure also revealed her previous experience in playing the piano which she felt was refreshing. She also expressed a desire to play other musical instruments like the cello, bassoon and tuba. When drawing manga, she often finds inspiration in other Lala manga artists like Reiko Shimizu, Natsumi Itsuki, Kyōko Hikawa, etc.

Works for Koei

 * Kin'iro no Corda
 * Kin'iro no Corda 2
 * Kin'iro no Corda 2 Forte
 * Kin'iro no Corda 2 Encore
 * Kin'iro no Corda 2 Forte Encore
 * Kin'iro no Corda 3
 * Hyakuman-nin no Kin'iro no Corda