Chiho Saito was born June 29th in Tokyo. In 1982 she debuted with Ken to Mademoiselle. Some of her works include Green Apple Labyrinth and Waltz wa Shiroi Doresu De (Waltz in a White Dress). She won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga award for Kanon. In 1997, Revolutionary Girl Utena became a groundbreaking anime series.

Be-PaPas is a group of highly creative people founded by director Kunihiko Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Penguindrum, Sarazanmai) and includes such storied members as master manga artist Chiho Saito (Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de, Torikae baya) and animator Shinya Hasegawa (Evangelion). Their collaboration produced the Utena TV series and the movie Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena.