• 382 x 270 mm
• The November issue of Nakayoshi 1993, title page
• Medium / Color ink, Pastel
• Paper Type / BB Kent rough

Chibi-Usa is very becoming with a blazer coat and a bow tie, but they have to be red. This kid looks best in red.

• 370 x 550 mm
• The July Issue of Run-Run 1993, title page
• Medium / Color ink, Color Spray
• Paper Type / Canson paper
• Picture edited by Terralune

This is the color title page of the extra edition for Chibi-Usa. I am not very good at drawing children so it is difficult for me. Yet this time I was somehow able to draw Chibi-Usa's face like a child's. Osabu also praised me and said, "She is cute." So it has become one of my favorite pictures, plus its flamboyant background.

• 370 x 545 mm
• The July issue of Run-Run 1993, pinup
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray
• Paper Type / Canson paper

I was happy and excited when I drew this picture because somebody bought me a pair of rabbit (Usagi) shaped pearl earrings and a matching necklace. I am sorry that the picture was so personal but I could not help it because I was really happy.

• 362 x 260 mm
• The September issue of Run-Run 1993, title page
• Medium / Color ink, Pastel
• Paper Type / Canson paper

This is the color title page of the extra edition for Rei. The title of this picture is "Casablanca Memory." I remember that I was not happy with the work I did for this comic-I had little time, did not finish all the pages, and was not able to draw as I had wished. This color title page was the only picture that came out the way that I had wanted.

• 400 x 270 mm
• A desk calendar for the year of 1994, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray
• Paper Type / Paradise

I made a desk calendar for 1994 by putting together the pictures with flowers. January is cherry blossoms, February is spray chrysanthemums, March is cherry blossoms, April is casablanca, May is azaleas, June is gerberas, July is roses, August is hibiscus, September is sweet peas, October is cattleyas, November is roses, and December is also roses. Ami's birthday is on September 10th, so she is on the September page.

• 400 x 270 mm
• A desk calendar for 1994, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Water color pencil, Color ink
• Paper Type / Paradise

I wanted to include this picture in the collection no matter what. Because of its material, it was difficult to add color tone onto this kind of paper. Honma and Kana P, who put a lot of effort into it, thank you very much. It became a cool picture thanks to you.

• 390 x 270 mm
• The Original Picture Collection, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Color ink, Pastel
• Paper Type / Paradise

This is a picture for the desk calendar for November of 1994. Being able to draw Mako as I have imagined, I was satisfied with it. I was very particular about this desk calendar and was allowed to do it my own way. Does anybody have it?

• 270 x 178 mm
• The April issue of Nakayoshi 1993, supplement
• Medium / Color ink, Color tone
• Paper Type / BB Kent smooth

This picture was drawn for the cover of a supplemental notebook for Nakayoshi. I like it despite the characters being small.

• 380 x 268 mm
• The July issue of Nakayoshi 1993, the title page
• Medium / Color ink, Color tone
• Paper Type / BB Kent, Rough

The color tone is difficult. I want to use it but it seems that it doesn't fit in with other pictures. I don't remember which article noted it, since I had so many interviews, but one wrote that my colors were "ennui." I was ecstatic from reading the article. Yes! That is what I am looking for.

[Note: "ennui" is written in katakana but since the word means "a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction", that's probably not the word she intended.]

• 384 x 560 mm
• A calendar for the year of 1994, a newly drawn picture
• Medium / Color ink, Color spray
• Paper Type / Arches
• Picture edited by Terralune

This picture was drawn for the April page of the wall calendar. I love cherry blossoms. Every April, the garden of my parents' house looks as if it is entirely covered by a pink carpet. I admire the scenery from the window of my room. In 1994, I went to five or six scenic sites for cherry blossoms in Tokyo. It is sad when petals are all scattered.

• 380 x 530 mm
• The July issue of Nakayoshi 1993, cover
• Medium / Color ink
• Paper Type / BB Kent rough

The positioning of the four characters is unnatural because it was made as a color picture for the cover page of Nakayoshi and there were instructions regarding the positions of the characters. As always I had a hard time drawing a color picture while considering the placement of letters and so on.