Kyoko AriyoshiKyoko Ariyoshi.

Kyōko Ariyoshi (有吉 京子, Ariyoshi Kyōko; born September 14, 1950) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She is well known for her works of ballet manga stories. Ariyoshi's representative work is Swan (21 volumes, Part 1, 1977 to 1980, and Part 2, 1980 to 1981), which depicted the heroine Masumi's growing up to the world-famous ballerina and got the great hit, won the high reputation among readers.