She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi.
Her influences include Suzue Miuchi, Yun Koga and Range Murata.
[1] Hinako Takanaga was born on September 16 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
Her first manga story, Goukaku kigan (合格祈願, Prayers for a passing grade), was published by Hanamaru Comics in 1995.
As the story continued it was later retitled Challengers, and it spawned a spinoff series titled The Tyrant Falls in Love.