Kanoko Sakurakoji (桜小路 かのこ, Sakurakōji Kanoko, born in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. She writes primarily for Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Betsucomi. She is best known as the author of Backstage Prince and Black Bird. In 2009, Black Bird received the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. Both Backstage Prince and Black Bird are licensed in English in North America by Viz Media. Source: Wikipedia (en)