Welcome to the Clamp School, Japan's most prestigious place of learning - home to prodigies, wunderkinds and young geniuses of every make and model. In a world where the average student is smarter than the teachers, how can the top students challenge their intellects? Why, by creating a detective service, of course! Meet the Clamp School Detectives: Nokoru Imonoyama, the world's smartest kid - he can detect a woman in distress from 2 kilometers away; Suoh Takamura, a martial arts master who's cool as ice; Akira Ijuin, detective by day, master thief by night. Wherever there's a young lady in distress, they'll be there. After all, when you're as smart as they are, you don't have to study!

Nokoru Imonoyama
A 6th grader and Elementary School Board Chairman, Nokoru is also the youngest son of the Clamp School's founders -- the Imonoyama zaibatsu. An uber-genius, he not only has the top IQ of any student in a school of geniuses, he's also smarter than any of the teachers. He has the unique ability to detect a woman in distress from 2 kilometers away, and so, in order to help those ladies, he created the Clamp School Detective agency with two of his most gifted peers.

Suoh Takamura
A 5th grader and Elementary School Board Secretary, Suoh is a martial arts prodigy, with a 3rd degree black belt in Judo, Aikido, Karate and Kendo. (He would have gone higher, but he ran out of competition). He is also trained in various guerilla combat tactics.

Akira Ijyuin
A 4th grader and Elementary School Board Treasurer, Akira has a double life as the notorious thief 20-Faces. He's a bit naive compared to the other two members of the group, but his positive spirit and determination make him a valuable team player. He's also a remarkable chef. He's currently 'going steady' with the chairman of the kindergarten class.

What is 'CLAMP'?

CLAMP is the four-woman manga studio that creates the world's most popular manga. For the past 15 years they have worked non-stop, creating everything from the adorable shojo (girls comic) hit Cardcaptor Sakura, to the dark and brooding Tokyo Babylon, to the sci-fi romantic comedy Chobits. Currently they are working on four series: Legal Drug, X, Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicle and xxxHolic. The group also has a close relationship with anime studio Madhouse, which has adapted most of CLAMP's manga into equally successful anime.

2004 marks the team's 15th anniversary, and to celebrate they are working on a retrospective collection called CLAMP no Kiseki, available from TOKYOPOP in 2005.


Member Bios

Name: Ageha Ohkawa
Role: team leader; story & script
DOB: March 2
Blood-type: A
Birthplace: Osaka

Name: Satsuki Igarashi
Role: design; art assistant
DOB: Feb 8
Blood type: A
Birthplace: Born in Kyoto, raised in Shiga

Tsubaki Nekoi
Role: art assistant; chibi artist; lead artist on Wish, Legal Drug, Suki, The One I Love
DOB: January 21
Blood-type: O
Birthplace: Kyoto

Mokona
Role: lead artist; colors
DOB: June 16
Blood-type: A
Birthplace: Kyoto