Tachibana HiguchiTachibana Higuchi.

Tachibana Higuchi (樋口 橘, Higuchi Tachibana; born March 16, 1976) is a Japanese manga artist known for her works of Gakuen Alice and Portrait of M & N. In year 1996, she first made her professional debut in Bessatsu Hana to Yume's 5th issue, entitled 5 Gatsu no Sakura (5月のサクラ; The Cherry Blossoms of May). With an interview with Tokyopop she gave a detailed look on how she started as a manga artist: I first submitted a manga story a while after I graduated from high school. Up until then I was studying for the entrance examinations for the Art University, and as part of that, I sometimes drew manga and four-panel strip comics for fun.