Manga illustrator from Japan. She was born in the Ehime Prefecture and her birthdate is November 27th. She was the illustrator for the [[pokemon adventures|Pokémon Adventures manga]] until volume nine. She stopped drawing for the series due to an illness which left her hand weak and unable to draw, leading [[Yamamoto Satoshi]] to take over her position from volume ten onward.
Her other works include [i]Nightingale[/i] and [i]New Year X-mas[/i], which was serialized in Shonen Sunday.

Japanese name: 真斗 (Mato)
Circle name: 真斗さんの本 (Mato-san no Hon)
Site name: 真斗さんのホームページ

h4.See also

* Home page: http://www1.odn.ne.jp/ginta/mato/
* Twitter account: http://twitter.com/matobook2016
* Alice-books doujin list: http://alice-books.com/item/list/all?circle_id=4196
* Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_(illustrator)
* Nicopedia article: http://dic.nicovideo.jp/id/4570798
mato (mato-san no hon)