1978年、鹿児島県生まれ。相模女子大学学芸学部メディア情報学科教授。主な関心領域は少女マンガの表現と歴史、キャラクター論。著書に『少女マンガの表現機構――ひらかれたマンガ表現史と「手塚治虫」』(NTT出版、2013年)、『キャラがリアルになるとき――2次元、2・5次元、そのさきのキャラクター論』(青土社、2020年)。
Born in 1978 in Kagoshima Prefecture. Professor in the Department of Information and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Sagami Women’s University. Primary research interests include the expression and history of shojo manga (girls’ manga) and character theory. Authored works include Shojo manga no hyogen kiko—hirakareta manga hyogen shi to “TEZUKA Osamu” (the expressive mechanism of shojo manga: unveiled history of manga expressions and “TEZUKA Osamu”) (NTT Publishing, 2013) and Kyara ga riaru ni naru toki—2D, 2.5D, sono saki no kyarakuta ron (When a character becomes real: 2D, 2.5D, and beyond in character theory) (Seidosha, 2020).