Yôko Kondô
Name (in native language) : 近藤 ようこ
Associated Names:
Kondou Youko
Kondo Yoko
Kondo Youko
Kondō Yōko
Кондо Ёко
Yôko Kondô is a Japanese mangaka. She debuted in Seirindou's Garo magazine in 1979.
In 1986 she received the Excellence Prize of the 15th Japan Cartoonists Association Award (日本漫画家協会賞, Nihon Mangaka Kyōkai Shō) with her work 見晴らしガ丘にて完全版 [Miharashiga oka Nite].
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