Ayumi Shinozaki
Cis Queer Japanese-American artist, translator, writer, podcaster, in no particular order (she/they)
art
An alumnus of LaGuardia High School of the Arts, Ayumi continues to create both original artwork as well as fan works and is happy to work on personal commissions via Ko-Fi. Prints of many of her works can also be purchased from INPRNT.For commercial commissions, please contact her by email.
writing
Articles• The Many Faces of the Magical Girl: A Breakdown of Types and Subgenres (Anime Herald)
• How Healer Girl Created A New Way To Be Magical (Anime Herald)
• Making Up And Making Waves: How Tropical-Rouge PreCure Rewrote Narratives of Femininity and Fairy Tales (Anime Feminist)
• The Journey to Cure Wing: A History of Magical Boys in Precure (Anime Feminist)
• Not Just for Girls: PreCure’s First Magical Boy Schools Toy Company (Unseen Japan)Fiction
(Coming Soon)Everything else falls into Ayumi's Substack.
Translations
Ayumi Shinozaki is a Japanese to English translator available for private and commercial work.Past commercial works include:
Boyish2
Cutie Honey (1973) (2025 Bluray release)
My Magical Girl 1
More TBA
podcast
Ayumi is the sole host and producer of the independent podcast Sparkleside Chats with Magical Girl Ayu, which discusses media in the magical girl genre. It has over 200 episodes across eight seasons.To keep up with magical girl media, she began a public Google Calendar in 2024.
If you create an independent magical girl work and want it to be included, be sure to contact her.Ayumi has also guested on other podcasts, and is happy to guest on more in the future.
Ethnically Ambiguous
PreCure! Podcast Engage!
The Greatest Song Ever Sung (Poorly)
The Daily Zeitgeist
Sailor Moon Fan Club
The Bechdel Cast
Accidental Kiss
Shoujo Sundae
Contact
Ayumi is often on the socials, but for business inquiries please use her email.She also keeps a wishlist on Throne.