Tamayo Akiyama was born in Osaka, Japan. She is a former member of the Clamp collective, and has cooperated on the group's serial 'Cluster'. After leaving the group, she has created her own serials, such as the magical fantasy tale 'Mouryou Kiden' (1994-95), as well as 'Hyper Rune' (1996-97), 'Secret Chaser' (1999) and 'Zyword' (1999).