Mayumi Muroyama
In 1977, Muroyama published "Asari-chan", which was collected in 100 volumes and which had sold 26,500,000 volumes total as of May 2006, making it the seventh best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan. "Asari-chan" received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. Several of Muroyama's manga have been adapted as anime, including "Asari-chan" as both a television series and theatrical movie, "Dororonpa!" as a television series, and "Mr. Pen Pen" as a television special.