Yumi Tamura

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  • Bibliography:
    57 Books
  • First Book:
    November 2002
  • Latest Book:
    March 2014
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Book List in Order: 57 titles

  • Chicago, Volume 1: Book Of Self

    In the midâ€"21st century, the Self-Defense Force Rescue Squad Four look for survivors in the rubble of a massive earthquake. Instead they find a plot of murder and destruction, one that wipes out all the squad except tomboy Rei and Uozumi, her cool,...

  • Chicago, Volume 2: Book Of Justice

    The surviving members of Squad Four - Rei, Uozumi, and Shin - are dispatched on an emergency rescue mission, when a madman takes a group of students hostage at a snowy mountain resort. But what started as a routine operation turns into a bitter remin...

  • Basara, Volume 1

  • Basara, Volume 2

  • Basara, Volume 3

    Sarasa and her new friend Hayato are captured by pirates who plan to sell them off as slaves. On the pirate ship, they reunite with Old Kaku, whom Sarasa had feared dead. A fight with the spirited female captain ends in a draw, but will Sarasa do as ...

  • Basara, Volume 4

    In this volume, Sarasa travels by land and sea to seek freedom for her village and revenge for her murdered family. Captured in battle after witnessing the terrifying spectacle of a massacred village, Sarasa learns that violence, intrigue, and even r...

  • Basara, Volume 5

    Sarasa and Shuri travel toward Kanto to attack the Blue King. Assumed to be runaway slaves, they are captured by the Blue King's Royal Guard and forced to compete in the infamous Suzkuka Murder Race, in which slaves must run for their lives and avoid...

  • Basara, Volume 6

    After Sarasa and Shuri are separated in the flood, a terrible battle takes place and important secrets are revealed. In Seiran, Sarasa helps the rebels with the flood recovery effort and is reminded that no matter how hard she pretends otherwise, she...

  • Basara, Volume 7

    After an apocalypse sends Japan into a pretechnological desert wasteland, the only hope for the country is when Tatara, the ''Child of Destiny'' is born.
    Title: Basara 7
    Author: Tamura, Yumi/ Tamura, Yumi (ILT)
    Publisher: Viz
    Publication ...



  • Basara, Volume 8

    - A 27-volume series -- over 14.5 million copies sold in Japan!- Winner of the Shogakuka Manga Award For Best Female-Oriented Manga in 1993.- Animated for Japanese television in 1999.- From the creator of the two-volume manga series Chcago, also avai...

  • Wild Com.

  • Basara, Volume 9

    - A 27-volume series -- over 14.5 million copies sold in Japan!- Winner of the Shogakuka Manga Award For Best Female-Oriented Manga in 1993.- Animated for Japanese television in 1999.- From the creator of the two-volume manga series Chcago, also avai...

  • Basara, Volume 10

    Sarasa's quest for freedom has ended, but Basara isn't over yet! In this volume of special side stories, Yumi Tamura goes deeper than ever before to explore the characters and world of Basara, Hijiri and Nachi recount childhood memories of ships, sea...

  • Basara, Volume 11

    After an apocalypse sends Japan into a pretechnological desert wasteland, the only hope for the country is when Tatara, the ''Child of Destiny'' is born.
    Title: Basara 11
    Author: Tamura, Yumi/ Tamura, Yumi (ILT)
    Publisher: Viz
    Publication...

  • Basara, Volume 12

    After an apocalypse sends Japan into a pretechnological desert wasteland, the only hope for the country is when Tatara, the ''Child of Destiny'' is born.
    Title: Basara 12
    Author: Tamura, Yumi/ Tamura, Yumi (ILT)
    Publisher: Viz
    Publication...

  • Basara, Volume 13

  • Basara, Volume 14

  • Basara, Volume 15

    After an apocalypse sends Japan into a pretechnological desert wasteland, the only hope for the country is when Tatara, the ''Child of Destiny'' is born.
    Title: Basara 15
    Author: Tamura, Yumi/ Tamura, Yumi (ILT)
    Publisher: Viz
    Publication...

  • Basara, Volume 16

    In the future, an apocalypse all but destroys the world. making Japan a pretechnological desert wasteland where fierce kings use murder and destruction to keep the terrified peasantry in line. When Tatara, the propheside "Child of Destiny" is murdere...



  • Basara, Volume 17

    "In the future, an apocalypse all but destroys the world. making Japan a pretechnological desert wasteland where fierce kings use murder and destruction to keep the terrified peasantry in line. When Tatara, the propheside ""Child of Destiny"" is murd...

  • Basara, Volume 18

    In the future, an apocalypse all but destroys the world. making Japan a pretechnological desert wasteland where fierce kings use murder and destruction to keep the terrified peasantry in line. When Tatara, the propheside "Child of Destiny" is murdere...

  • Basara, Volume 19

    In the future, an apocalypse all but destroys the world. making Japan a pretechnological desert wasteland where fierce kings use murder and destruction to keep the terrified peasantry in line. When Tatara, the propheside "Child of Destiny" is murdere...

  • Basara, Volume 20

    In the future, an apocalypse all but destroys the world. making Japan a pretechnological desert wasteland where fierce kings use murder and destruction to keep the terrified peasantry in line. When Tatara, the propheside "Child of Destiny" is murdere...

  • Basara, Volume 21

    In the future, an apocalypse all but destroys the world. making Japan a pretechnological desert wasteland where fierce kings use murder and destruction to keep the terrified peasantry in line. When Tatara, the propheside "Child of Destiny" is murdere...

  • Basara, Volume 22

  • Basara, Volume 23

    War will determine who wins control of Japan--but the bonds of love and loyalty will decide the nation's future. As the battle reaches its climax, will Shuri pursue his destiny as king or trust Sarasa's dream of democracy? When placed on the throne o...

  • Basara, Volume 24

    As the war for Japan rages on, the battle reaches the Royal Castle itself. Sarasa penetrates the castle's defenses to confront the traitorous Asagi. Shuri, wounded and crippled, pursues Sarasa even though the chase may kill him. Ageha descends into a...

  • Basara, Volume 25

    asa has led her army to victory, faced down King Ukon, and won the hearts and minds of her people. Now, in the final hours of battle, her actions--and Shuri's--will decide Japan's ultimate fate. Sarasa began her quest in Tatara's shadow. The time has...

  • Basara, Volume 26

    Sarasa's quest for freedom has ended, but Basara isn't over yet! In this volume of special side stories, Yumi Tamura goes deeper than ever before to explore the characters and world of Basara. Hijiri and Nachi recount childhood memories of ships, sea...



  • Basara, Volume 27

    In this special collection of side stories, join Sarasa and Shuri after the war, as they rebuild Japan and travel the world together. In the distant Huang Empire, Sarasa is infected with a fatal disease--but will Shuri betray the Huang Emperor to sav...

  • Basara, Vol. 1

    Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular sh?jo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the stgrength to free her people and seek re...

  • Basara, Vol. 2

    Lessons In LeadershipAfter losing her family, village and identity in one night, Sarasa deserves a break, but fate denies her rest. As Tatara, she must lead her people, and the Red King has captured some of them, destined for slave lab...

  • Basara, Vol. 3

    Accepting the identity and responsibility of the "Boy of Destiny" following her brother's death, Sarasa has left her people in safety, traveling alone to Kyushu in search of allies. After surviving great perils and gaining a new companion, Sarasa arr...

  • Basara, Vol. 4

    Secretly taking her late brother's identity, Sarasa must gain support as the "Boy of Destiny." Her courage and quick wits have turned the pirates who captured her into allies and an impossible situation into victory. Now she must survive an erupting ...

  • Basara, Vol. 5

    Secretly taking her late brother's identity, Sarasa must gain support as the "Boy of Destiny." Remarkably, she and her followers not only survived being surrounded by the Red king's forces, they emerged victoroius. Now Sarasa and Shuri have been capt...

  • Basara, Vol. 6

    After Sarasa and Shuri are separated in the flood, a shocking battle takes place and important secrets are revealed. In Seiran, Sarasa helps the rebels with the flood recovery effort and is reminded that no matter how hard she pretends otherwise she ...

  • Basara, Vol. 10

    Shipwrecked in Okinawa, Sarasa has met Doctor Basho, who has healed her eyes, and Shuri, who has fled a coup in Sanyo. Together, they must help stop a plot to kill Okinawa's president and protect the independent nation from invasion!...

  • Basara, Vol. 7

    The Red King's forces have been defeated. The twisted Blue King is dead. Just as the rebellion gains momentum, shocking news distracts Sarasa--her mother is alive and General Kazan's prisoner! Setting their larger goals aside, "Tatara's" allies unite...

  • Basara, Vol. 8

    The attempt to rescue Tatara's mother was a disaster. Warned by Asagi, General Kazan set up an ambush. Although Kazan died, so did many of "Tatara's" allies. Not only did Sarasa fail to rescue her mother, she was blinded. Can Sarasa regain her clarit...



  • Basara, Vol. 9

    Sarasa has been blinded, and the Red King's rule has finally been torn apart by outside influences. Now both find themselves in Okinawa--she to heal her eyes, he to heal his soul....

  • Basara, Vol. 11

    After working together to save Okinawa from invasion, responsibility separates Sarasa and Shuri. Although the revelation of her true gender has not lost Sarasa her closest allies, a horrifying message from Tatara's envoys to the north has left her in...

  • Basara, Vol. 12

    The northern rebels have sent a terrifying message, but Sarasa is determined to make contact with them and retrieve her missing ally Hayato. Unfortunately, Sarasa not only fails, she and her comrades find themselves inmates in a bizarre underground p...

  • Basara, Vol. 13

    Although Abashiri Prison has strained Sarasa's spirit, she must somehow survive more intrigues and gain allies before returning south. Back in Sanyo, a heartbreaking story unfolds as the rebels risk espionage to unseat King Ukon's harsh magistrate Mo...

  • Basara, Vol. 14

    Sarasa's ploy to distract King Ukon's magistrate from attacking her allies has succeeded, but she must pay the price in tragedy and strife. Her arduous role as Tatara causes her to question her identity as the dawn of a critical battle approaches....

  • Basara, Vol. 15

    At last, Sarasa's journey as come full circle. Having begun with a haphazard scheme to save her people from the Red King's destruction of Byakko village, Sarasa has now reached the point where she can bring the fight to him. If only she knew who the ...

  • Basara, Vol. 16

    At last, "Tatara" and the Red King have met in battle. The fighting was fierce, but the revelation of their true identities proved to be the most devastating. Now they must find a way to carry on and fulfill their destinies....

  • Basara, Vol. 17

    Sarasa and Shuri meet in the battlefield, and are devastated to learn one another's true identities. Sarasa runs away to Kazuno, reunites with her mother, and reaffirms the sanctity of love. But what path will she choose now...?...

  • Basara, Vol. 18

    While in Kyoto Shuri runs into his beloved sister, the Great Sister of White, as well as his old teacher and rival, Hiiragi. Sarasa continues to form aliiances and gain strength. Although Sarasa and Shuri are apart, they remain close in each other's ...

  • Basara, Vol. 19

    Sarasa is engaged in a naval battle with the Royal fleet, but dolphin suicide torpedoes are being deployed against her Shikoku allies to devastating effect. Hiiragi's assassins infiltrate Sarasa's Suzaku flagship as she and her crew are pushed to ext...



  • Basara, Vol. 20

    A curfew law has been passed in Kyoto to suppress the rebellion. Sarasa's ally Ageha seeks to destroy King Ukon's senior officials, while Asagi, the real Blue King, gains Sasara's trust and leads a daring asssault. But while Sarasa and her forces are...

  • Basara, Vol. 21

    Allies from all over are gathering at Tatara's base camp in preparation for a massive assault. Meanwhile, Shuri has a plan to establish his authority in Kyoto and deplete his rivals' funds. On a reconnaissance mission, Taro finds information crucial ...

  • Basara, Vol. 22

    As war breaks out in Kyoto, Taro races to warn Sarasa about Project Pomegranate, a secret plan launched by Hagiwara. But a traitor has betrayed Taro to the Yaro-Gumi, Kyoto's feared elite police force. With the truth of Project Pomegranate still a my...

  • Basara, Vol. 23

    War will determine who wins control of Japan--but the bonds of love and loyalty will decide the nation's future. As the battle reaches its climax, will Shuri pursue his destiny as king or trust Sarasa's dream of democracy? When placed on the throne o...

  • Basara, Vol. 24

    As the war for Japan rages on, the battle reaches the Royal Castle itself. Sarasa penetrates the castle's defenses to confront the traitorous Asagi. Shuri, wounded and crippled, pursues Sarasa even though the chase may kill him. Ageha descends into a...

  • Basara, Vol. 25

    Sarasa has led her army to victory, faced down King Ukon, and won the hearts and minds of her people. Now, in the final hours of battle, her actions--and Shuri's--will decide Japan's ultimate fate. Sarasa began her quest in Tatara's shadow. The time ...

  • Basara, Vol. 26

    Sarasa's quest for freedom has ended, but Basara isn't over yet! In this volume of special side stories, Yumi Tamura goes deeper than ever before to explore the characters and world of Basara. Hijiri and Nachi recount childhood memories...

  • Basara, Vol. 27

    Final Volume!In this special collection of side stories, join Sarasa and Shuri after the war, as they rebuild Japan and travel the world together. In the distant Huang Empire, Sarasa is infected with a fatal disease--but will Shuri betray the Huang E...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Yumi Tamura has published 57 books.

Yumi Tamura does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Basara, Vol. 24, was published in March 2014.

The first book by Yumi Tamura, Chicago, Volume 1: Book Of Self, was published in November 2002.

No. Yumi Tamura does not write books in series.
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