Matsuri Hino

Matsuri Hino is a Japanesse mangaka, author/artist of the Vampire Knight manga. Born January 24th.

Matsuri Hino started out as a bookstore shopkeeper until she decided to become a manga artist. She burst onto the manga scene with her professional debut in LaLa DX on September 10, 1995 with the series "Ko no Yume ga Same Tara" (この夢が覚めたら, When this dream is over). Hino was a manga artist a mere nine months after she decided to become one.

With the success of her popular series Tora no Minoue (Captive Hearts) and merupuri, Hino has established herself as a major player in the worl of shojo manga. Her current series Vampire Knight is currently serialized in LaLa and Shojo Beat Magazines.

Hino enjoys creative activities and has commented that she would have been either an architect or an apprentice to traditional japanese craft masters if she had not became a manga artist.