OKAZAKI KYOKO

Through round after round of extensive plastic surgery and vigorous maintenance, Ririko has become the absolute manifestation of beauty, and becomes a wildly successful model, actress and singer. However, soon her body, unable to withstand the burden

Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' li

We begin the story as Rock has left her husband, Astro, and their children and wants a divorce because Astro has cheated on Rock (again). As the five year old twins, Rockette and Astro Junior, find pictures of their parents when they were young, we f

The story takes place in the 80's. Kaneda Sakae, a high school girl living in Sapporo, suddenly moves to Tokyo with her mother...

A collection of short stories by Kyoko Okazaki published in the 1990s. The title story, 'Chiwawa-chan,' follows the friends of Chiwawa, a girl found dead in Tokyo Bay, who come to realize they do not know anything about her such as her real name or h