Cherry-Arai is a Japanese manga author.
Along with Ume Aoki, she was both influential and prolific in the early development of moe yonkoma — at one point, she had serializations running in Manga Time Kirara, Manga Time Kirara Carat, Manga Time Kirara MAX, and Manga Time Kirara Forward at the same time.
Cherry-Arai's works include:
Tropes associated with her work:
- Arranged Marriage: She seems to have a thing for it. Not only do arranged marriages come up frequently in Engaged to the Unidentified, there's also a subplot in Three Leaves, Three Colors where Yuko is courted by a younger boy who she was arranged to marry.