Narumi Kakinouchi is a respected Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and character designer, famous for her work in the supernatural and gothic horror genres. She is best known as the creator of the popular franchise Vampire Princess Miyu, which she launched as an OVA series (with her husband Toshihiro Hirano) before adapting into a long-running manga.
Kakinouchi's signature art style features beautiful, delicate, and often melancholic female characters, defined by the distinct bishōjo aesthetics of the late 1980s and 90s. Beyond her own manga, her influential character design work includes key contributions to anime such as the Vampire Hunter D OVA and Demon City Shinjuku, solidifying her legacy in both manga and classic anime.