Mimei Sakamoto

Mimei Sakamoto is one of those rare people where the label on the tin doesn't quite match what you find inside — she's listed as a manga artist, and sure, that's where she started, but by the time most people encounter her name it's attached to a sharp opinion piece or a TV talking-head segment, not a comic panel. Born in Yokohama in 1965, she carries that classic Showa-era directness where people just said what they thought without wrapping it in seventeen disclaimers first. Tamagawa University grad, Libra by star sign — which is funny, because nothing about her public persona screams "balanced and diplomatic." She's more the type to plant a flag and dare you to argue. I respect that, even when I don't agree. The manga side of her work honestly flies under the radar compared to her commentary persona, which is a strange kind of fame to have built, but it's entirely her own.

Mimei Sakamoto is a Japanese manga artist born on October 21, 1965, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She graduated from Tamagawa University and has built a public profile not only through her manga work but also as a social commentator. Her active period as a professional is not publicly confirmed in available records.

Name (English)

Mimei Sakamoto

Name (Japanese)

さかもと未明

Reading

さかもと みめい

Born

October 21, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake (Mi)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Manga artist

University

Tamagawa University

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%95%E3%81%8B%E3%82%82%E3%81%A8%E6%9C%AA%E6%98%8E

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Manga artist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.