Tomoko Ninomiya(二ノ宮 知子Ninomiya Tomoko, born May 25, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist, based in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. In 1989, she made her debut with London Doubt Boys. She is best known for her series Nodame Cantabile, which received the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga. Nodame Cantabile has been adapted for television as both a live-action drama broadcast in 2006 and 2008 and as 2010 there has been 3 anime seasons.