Kaori Yuki(由貴 香織里Yuki Kaori, born December 18 in Tokyo) is a female Japanese manga artist best known for her gothic manga such as Earl Cain, its sequel Godchild, and Angel Sanctuary. Yuki debuted in 1987 with Natsufuku no Erii(夏服のエリー) which ran in the manga anthology Bessatsu Hana to Yume published by Hakusensha. Her work is typically serialized in one of Hakusensha's two shōjo manga anthologies, Bessatsu Hana to Yume and Hana to Yume. In 2010, Kaori Yuki was one of many mangaka whose work would appear in the new shōjo manga anthology Aria by the publisher Kodansha on July 28, 2010.