Higuchi Tachibana
 Higuchi Tachibana (樋口 橘 Tachibana Higuchi born March 16 1976) is a Japanese manga artist known for her works of Gakuen Alice and Portrait of M and N. In year 1996 she first made her professional debut in Bessatsu Hana to Yume's 5th issue entitled 5 Gatsu no Sakura (5月のサクラ The Cherry Blossoms of May).With an interview with Tokyopop she gave a detailed look on how she started as a manga artist.I first submitted a manga story a while after I graduated from high school.