Information on Mari Morimoto

Name:	Morimoto, Mari
Title:	Translator
Company:	Viz LLC
Resides:	USA
Biography:	Osaka-born and Manhattan-raised, Mari never strayed far from urbanity until she spent nine years at Cornell. Actually, it's Dr. Morimoto, whose "real job" as a big city veterinarian often wars with her "moonlighting" as a freelance manga translator. She got her foot in the door with VIZ Media through luck and circumstance, and since then has expanded her resume to include panelist, panel leader, Guest of Honor personal assistant and interpreter, and Guest of Honor at several northeast conventions. She has also contributed several articles to the English edition of SHONEN JUMP. A highlight of her translating career was meeting and rubbing elbows with Dragonball creator Akira Toriyama. As a child, she had the honor of meeting the late Osamu Tezuka. Her current titles are Naruto, InuYasha, and Knights of the Zodiac, but she has also previously translated Dragonball, Maison Ikkoku, One Pound Gospel, and the DiGi Charat anthology.
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