Nagata Kabi (Japanese: 永田カビ, Hepburn: Nagata Kabi, pen name; born May 28, 1987) is a Japanese manga artist, author of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness. Nagata has been drawing for as long as she can remember. However, she did not start reading manga until 4th grade with Takehiko Inoue's sports manga Slam Dunk. She subsequently started reading other Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series, naming Nobuhiro Watsuki's samurai manga Rurouni Kenshin as her favourite in middle school.