Sachiko Shirai
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Ibara no Nedoko (いばらの寝床)

Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha (実業之日本社):  MB Comics (MBコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)

ISBN-10:4-408-43359-4, 12/2001

Shukuren:  Gin no Mori no Oni (宿恋  銀の森の鬼)

Akita Shoten (秋田書店):  Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)

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v.1:  ISBN-10:4-253-09781-2, 02/2006

Kagami no Miko Ayaka (鏡の巫女  アヤカ)

Akita Shoten (秋田書店):  Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)

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v.1:  ISBN:978-4-253-09773-4, 02/2007
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v.2:  ISBN:978-4-253-09774-1, 09/2007
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v.3:  ISBN:978-4-253-09775-8, 06/2008
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v.4:  ISBN:978-4-253-09776-5, 01/2009
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v.5:  ISBN:978-4-253-09777-2, 08/2009

The story was written by Takakazu Nagakubo (永久保貴一).  Also see Kagami no Miko Ayaka:  Kuroi Bara Juuji, below.

Zankoku na Tenshi (残酷な天使)

Akita Shoten (秋田書店):  Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)

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ISBN:978-4-253-09778-9, 02/2010

Originally serialized in Mystery Bonita under the title Datsura (ダツラ).

Kagami no Miko Ayaka:  Kuroi Bara Juuji* (鏡の巫女  アヤカ  黒い薔薇十字)

Akita Shoten (秋田書店):  Bonita Comics (ボニータコミックス)
Shinsho-ban (新書版)

ISBN:978-4-253-09779-6, 05/2010

Sequel to the original Kagami no Miko Ayaka series (see above).  The story was again written by Takakazu Nagakubo.

Other Works:

Bunkasha (ぶんか社) published the ladies’ horror title Hagoromo Densetsu (羽衣伝説), released under Manga Grimm Douwa (まんがグリム童話), and Turandot:  Kishukusha no Canary (トゥーランドット  寄宿舎のカナリア), under Bunkasha Comics (ぶんか社コミックス).

Shirai adapted Barbara Cartland's romance novel A Marriage Made in Heaven into the comic Tenshi ga Kureta Kiss (天使がくれたキス), put out by Ohzora Publishing (宙出社) under Emerald Comics - Harmony Comics ( エメラルドコミックス・ ハーモニィコミックス).  Ohzora likewise published Yuuwaku no Troubleshooter (誘惑のトラブルシューター), based on Cheryl Kushner's Mr. Fix-It; Kurokami no Cowboy* (黒髪のカウボーイ), from Mackenzie McKade's A Tall Dark Cowboy; and Billionaire Boys Club:  Okuman Chouja ni Koi no Lesson* (ビリオネア・ボーイズ・クラブ  億万長者に恋のレッスン), from Beauty and the BIllionaire by Jessica Clare.  HarperCollins Japan (ハーパーコリンズ・ ジャパン) published the Harlequin Comics (ハーレクインコミックス) Juuni-kagetsu no Kekkon* (十二カ月の結婚), based on The Twelve-Month Marriage Deal by Margaret Mayo; and Ai wa Himeta Mama* (愛は秘めたまま) and Nemurenu Yoru to Hitori no Asa* (眠れぬ夜と独りの朝) from Sandra Marton's The Dangerous Jacob Wilde and The Ruthless Caleb Wilde, respectively.

Under the alternate pen name Kai Natsumi* (なつみ開), Shirai did the character design and comics related to the video game Shingakkou:  Noli Me Tangere (神学校  Noli me tangere).  She also put out two informal collections of work through Mitsurinsha (密林社):  Sakebi* () and Kai* ().