Kyoko Okazaki(岡崎 京子Okazaki Kyōko, born December 13, 1963) is a Japanese mangaka whose manga are popular for their unorthodox style and controversial topics, such as sex, sadomasochism, drugs, homosexuality, rape, murder, and prostitution. The Tokyo-born Okazaki often focuses on urban Japanese life in the capital from the 1980s and 90s from a female perspective. Her writings are also studded with modern jargon. Okazaki's manga are not typical, in that while it is a part of the "shōjo manga" (girl manga) genre, her works are not conservative enough to fit the typical shojo manga genre completely. Okazaki, along with mangaka, Shungiku Uchida, are two examples of today's leading female manga artists, who contributed to the rise of a new style of manga, known as "gyaru manga". Gyaru literally t