Wataru Yoshizumi

Japanese manga artist

Wataru Yoshizumi 吉住渉
Born	Mariko Nakai (中井真里子) (1963-06-18) June 18, 1963 (age 60) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Manga artist
Nationality	Japanese
Years active	1984–present
Notable works	Marmalade Boy, Ultra Maniac

Wataru Yoshizumi (吉住渉, Yoshizumi Wataru) is a Japanese manga artist. She was born as Mariko Nakai (中井真里子, Nakai Mariko) on June 18, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated with a degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University.

Yoshizumi started her career as a Japanese manga artist while working as an office lady. Her debut manga was a yomikiri (short story) called "Radical Romance" that was published in 1984, in the summer issue of Ribon Original. She is known as a social^{[clarification needed]} manga artist,^{[citation needed]} and is a good friend of fellow manga artists Naoko Takeuchi, Ai Yazawa, Miho Obana, and Megumi Mizusawa.

As of 2011, Yoshizumi has had works serialized in Ribon, Chorus, and Margaret.