Don't usually pay much attention to the mangaka, but the first one that comes to mind is SHIIBA Nana. I love her oneshots.
Also really like HIKAWA Kyouko for some reason..
I recognize a lot more, could list off a lot more, but these are probably up at the top if I was listing favorites.

I am a breath of insanity in a world of chaos.

Me: Performing Random Acts of Klutziness for over 30 years.

yachi emiko - my most favorite shoujo/josei mangaka 🙂
other shoujo/josei mangakas that i like:
ima ichiko
yamaguchi miyuki
suetsugu yuki
hikawa kyouko
endou toshiko
yumeka sumomo - though i actually prefer her non-shoujo works 😛
tsuda masami
takaya natsuki

edited:
and matsumoto tomo. i really love most (not all, though) of her works 🙂

I really like Toma Rei, and Aikawa Saki. They are my favorites.

Mai

i dont really have a favorite...pfft...they do something beautiful at first then do something bad which ruins the whole franchise or something like that... 😐

but i read most of hino matsuri's works..she draws wonderful bishies... i also like watase yuu's plots...they're totally worth reading... 😀

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Ah, my favourite josei mangas of all time are Kimi wa Pet by Ogawa Yayoi and Nodame Cantabile by Ninomiya Tomoko.

I used to be into Nana, but it's just gone on for way too long now and with no real conclusion looming. lol. I'll read it when it's finished. But yeah, other than my two favourites, they were all passable. Nothing great to remember. Unless they're quite good, they can be annoying.

don't really pay that much attention to the mangaka, but KOUGA Yun, YAZAWA Ai and OGAWA Yayoi comes to mind.

Yuki! Kaori! Yuki Kaori! She rocks my little world. I own all of her work in Japanese and I'm catching up with everything in English. To bits and bitty pieces, do I love the work of Yuki Kaori.

Yazawa Ai is a firm runner up, although I feel bad for not being terribly interested in her older work. I've also recently discovered Hazuki Kanae and really dig her stuff. Oh, and I have dirty history of Clamp worship, but I don't like their current series. Give me dark, enigmatic old-school shoujo Clamp over shiny, re-hash shounen-seinen Clamp any day.

Higuri Yuu
Yuki Kaori
Shimizu Reiko
Tanemura Arina
Matsushita Yoko
Watase Yuu
Hiwatari Saki

...can I include Kouga Yun? 😃

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Yuki Kaori is the epic goddess of gothic shoujo in every sense.
I also like:
Matsuri Akino
Tomoko Hayakawa
Erika Kari-Her lineart is impossibly perfect, and Vampire Doll fills me with silly, gothy happiness.
Hino Matsuri
Fujita Maki
Watase Yuu-(half her work I love and the other half I cannot tolerate)
CLAMP
Matsushita Yoko
Higuri Yuu

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Motomi Kyousuke
His art and storylines are great.
Purikyuu, Dengeki Daisy, Otokomae! Beads Kurabu , Beast Master are my favourites. I recommend them^^ 😀

Gotta agree with ya... I just love his works 😉

Souryo Fuyumi always...

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Miyasaka Kaho
Tanemura Arina
Tsuda Masami
Hino Matsuri
Minami Maki
Minami Kanan
Shinjo Mayu

I love Miyasaka Kaho and Tanemura Arina draws. It's really cute -~.

Let's try xD

Yumeka Sumomo: wonderful stories with simple and cute art
Matsuri Hino: VERY gorgeous art
Setona Mizushiro: beautiful art w/t crazy plots which make me love her. 😀
Kanno Aya: great art, very nice stories
Tanaka Meca: romantic and funny. Cute art
Motomi Kyousuke: romantic and funny Cute art
Clamp:gorgeous, GORGEOUS art.
and Tsuda Mikiyo: great art. Funny too.

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__ I'll have what she's having... please~♥

Wata Nobu and WANN (Manhwa) .. all I could think of atm. -.-

Evil lies in her dripping eyes ...

Warm blood visible on her crimson lips ...

Revenge engraved in her grieving heart ...

CLAMP
Tsuda Mikiyo
Tanemura Arina
Yuki Kaori
Nakamura Rie
Morinaga Ai
Tachibana Higuchi
Tamura Yumi

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