birth_place subject nationality birth_date genre article_title occupation
kumamoto city , kumamoto prefecture , japan shōjo manga , ballet manga . japanese 14 september 1950 fiction kyoko ariyoshi
 manga artist
kyoko ariyoshi

ariyoshi is well known for her works of the ballet stories .
`` swan '' -lrb- part 1 , 1977 -- 1980 , and part 2 , 1980 -- 1981 -rrb- , `` swan - the prayer of swan - '' -lrb- 1982 -- 1983 -rrb- and `` applause '' are the representative works .
these are all stories of ballet and ballerinas .
