Quro
Description
Quro is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator best known as the creator of the four-panel manga series Asteroid in Love, also known as Koisuru Asteroid. The work was adapted into a television anime that aired from January to March 2020.
Quro is a woman from Ibaraki Prefecture with a personal history of interest in astronomy. She is a science graduate of the University of Electro-Communications. Before her career as a manga artist, she worked in the publicity office of a research institute, creating posters and web content. Her decision to pursue manga professionally was influenced by her husband's job, which involves frequent relocations, making home-based work a practical necessity. She has been married since spring 2013, and her husband is also a graduate of the University of Electro-Communications.
Her professional debut in manga came with a guest serialization titled Orihime Number 2, published in Manga Time Kirara Carat in 2015. This work is considered a precursor to her later series. She followed this with another guest serialization, Yaneura no Ichiko-san, which appeared in the same magazine in 2016. The character of Ichiko-san was inspired by Quro's grandmother, whose name is Ichi.
Quro's major work, Asteroid in Love, began regular serialization in Manga Time Kirara Carat in January 2017 and concluded in August 2024. The series was collected into six tankobon volumes published by Houbunsha. The story follows a group of high school girls in an earth sciences club who share interests in astronomy and geology. The title and central premise were inspired by the fact that the discoverer of an asteroid has the privilege of naming it. The television anime adaptation was produced by the studio Doga Kobo.
In her creative process, Quro has cited the importance of establishing clear character goals to make the story accessible to readers. She has noted that her own personality is closest to that of the character Mikage Sakurai from Asteroid in Love. For research, she consults books, websites, and museums, and has subscribed to a star navigation guide to accurately depict astronomical phenomena in her work.
The series has had a measurable impact. In 2024, the International Astronomical Union officially named two newly discovered asteroids after Quro and the fictional high school setting of her series, recognizing the work's influence in encouraging readers to study earth and planetary sciences.
Quro is a woman from Ibaraki Prefecture with a personal history of interest in astronomy. She is a science graduate of the University of Electro-Communications. Before her career as a manga artist, she worked in the publicity office of a research institute, creating posters and web content. Her decision to pursue manga professionally was influenced by her husband's job, which involves frequent relocations, making home-based work a practical necessity. She has been married since spring 2013, and her husband is also a graduate of the University of Electro-Communications.
Her professional debut in manga came with a guest serialization titled Orihime Number 2, published in Manga Time Kirara Carat in 2015. This work is considered a precursor to her later series. She followed this with another guest serialization, Yaneura no Ichiko-san, which appeared in the same magazine in 2016. The character of Ichiko-san was inspired by Quro's grandmother, whose name is Ichi.
Quro's major work, Asteroid in Love, began regular serialization in Manga Time Kirara Carat in January 2017 and concluded in August 2024. The series was collected into six tankobon volumes published by Houbunsha. The story follows a group of high school girls in an earth sciences club who share interests in astronomy and geology. The title and central premise were inspired by the fact that the discoverer of an asteroid has the privilege of naming it. The television anime adaptation was produced by the studio Doga Kobo.
In her creative process, Quro has cited the importance of establishing clear character goals to make the story accessible to readers. She has noted that her own personality is closest to that of the character Mikage Sakurai from Asteroid in Love. For research, she consults books, websites, and museums, and has subscribed to a star navigation guide to accurately depict astronomical phenomena in her work.
The series has had a measurable impact. In 2024, the International Astronomical Union officially named two newly discovered asteroids after Quro and the fictional high school setting of her series, recognizing the work's influence in encouraging readers to study earth and planetary sciences.
Works
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