Born in Japan, Chihiro Howe is a manga artist with a passion for drawing that has grown since she was young. She attended Brigham Young University Hawaii while working at the Polynesian Cultural Center, where she was inspired by their culture. She worked for Imagination International Inc., a former distributor of Copic markers in North America, as a resident artist making educational manga about art for children. She now publishes her own manga on Webtoon and lives in Oregon with her husband and two kids.