Nickname: Arinacchi ( 有菜っち )
Birth Date: March 12, 1978
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Ichinomiya, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Assistants: Ai Minase, Ruka Kazuki, Kyakya Asano, many others
Debut Manga: Niban-me no Koi no Katachi, a 32-page short story originally published in the June 1996 issue of Ribon Original
Arina Tanemura (種村 有菜 Tanemura Arina, March 12, 1978 - ) is a mangaka who does mainly shōjo manga. Her works are published in the manga magazine Ribon and are popular in many countries.
Her most popular manga are Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne and Full Moon o Sagashite (Full Moon in English), both of which were adapted into TV anime. One of her lesser works, Time Stranger Kyoko, was also made into a 15-minute mail-order OAV anime.
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne was recently licensed for translation and publication in the U.S. by CMX, the manga imprint of DC Comics. Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne began publication in October 2005. Full Moon o Sagashite was also licensed by VIZ Media as Full Moon. Currently, the first four volumes of Full Moon are available in the U.S., with the last three volumes coming out sometime in 2006. Viz also now holds the license for the Full Moon anime. The first DVD will be released in June 2006.
Tanemura's current manga is Shinshi Doumei Cross (The Gentleman Alliance) which began serialization in the September 2004 issue of Ribon