Born on February 3 in Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, Mizuho Kusanagi debuted with Yoiko no Kokoroe (The Rules of a Good Child) in 2003. Her other works include NG Life, which was serialized in Hana to Yume and The Hana to Yume magazines and published by Hakusensha in Japan. Yona of the Dawn became an anime in 2014 and is currently airing on Funimation.