Miho Obana(小花 美穂Obana Miho, born April 26, 1970) is a shōjo manga artist born in Tokyo, Japan. She is close friends with Megumi Mizusawa, Ai Yazawa, and Wataru Yoshizumi. She began her manga career as an assistant to Momoko Sakura, creator of Chibi Maruko-chan. She debuted in 1990 with the (one-shot manga) Mado no Mukō, which was published in the autumn 1990 issue of Ribon Bikkuri. Soon, stories from her started appearing in Ribon Original and in the regular Ribon magazine too. Other works include Mizu no Yakata; a spin-off of Kodocha, Neko no Shima, Pochi, Setsunai ne, and Shiranami no Gensō.