Tateno Makoto

Alternative Names: Jungle King (SHINJUKU Tango), Jungle Wall (SHINJUKU Tango), SHINJUKU Tango, Shinjuku.Tango, Tatemako, Татэно Макото, しんじゅくたんご, たての まこと, ジャングルキング (新宿タンゴ), ジャングル・ウォール (新宿タンゴ), 立野真琴

Circle: Jungle King
Alternative Pseudonym: Shinjuku.Tango
Also writes under the pen-name of Shinjuku Tango.
Birthplace: Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken, Japan
Birth date: March 23
Zodiac: Aries
Blood type: A

Makoto Tateno is an extremely prolific mangaka, having created 30+ series of manga in the Shoujo (girl's) demographic, especially in the BL genre. However, she is probably most well known amongst English-speaking audiences for her yaoi series “Yellow,” published by DMP. She is friends with FUJIKAWA Ruri. Graduated from Toyama Prefectural Northern Toyama High School.

She debuted in 1986 with the short story "Yuraete Tamago Boys," published by Hakusensha, and was serialized in Hana to Yume magazine.

Source: MangaUpdates