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{{Company Infobox
|title       = CLAMP
|colors       = ML
|image       = [[File:Clamp_2006.jpg|{{ImageSize}}]]
|imagebg     = white
|foundation  = 1987
|industry    = {{W|Manga}}
|location    = {{W|Japan}}
|keypeople   = {{W|Nanase Ohkawa}}<br />{{W|Mokona}}<br />{{W|Tsubaki Nekoi}}<br />{{W|Satsuki Igarashi}}
|site        = [https://clamp-net.com/ clamp-net.com]
}}
'''CLAMP''' is an all female manga artist group located in Japan, consisting of  {{W|Nanase Ohkawa}}, {{W|Mokona}}, {{W|Tsubaki Nekoi}} and {{W|Satsuki Igarashi}}.

The group was first formed during the 1980's as a {{W|doujinshi|dōjinshi}} circle of eleven members. They began making original manga in 1987, making their mainstream debut with {{W|RG Veda}} in 1989. The group would eventually shrink in size to 4 members. They are known for works such as {{W|X (manga)|X}} and {{W|Cardcaptor Sakura}}. 

Notably, they created [[Clamp_in_Wonderland#JoJo's Bizarre Married Life|'''''JoJo's Bizarre Married Life''''']], an unofficial yaoi doujin series featuring characters from [[Stardust Crusaders|Part 3]] of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''.

==History==
CLAMP is an all-female mangaka collective. Formed in the mid-1980s as an eleven-member {{W|Doujinshi|dōjinshi}} circle, they started publishing original manga series in 1987. Although CLAMP's usual genre of manga is shōjo, they also published seinen and shōnen series. Although the positions of the members rotate depending on the series, they all specialize in certain aspects of manga production.<ref>Christian Marmonnier, « CLAMP - Collectif d’auteures de Bandes Dessinées [Japon XXe-XXIe slècle] », dans Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque et Mireille Calle-Gruber (dir.), Dictionnaire universel des créatrices, Éditions Des femmes, 2013, p. 974</ref> The group consists of four members: {{W|Nanase Ohkawa}}, who manages scenarios, general character information, and story pacing; {{W|Mokona}}, the main artist; {{W|Tsubaki Nekoi}}, who specializes in drawing chibi characters and writing commentaries, but is also credited as the primary artist on a few series; and {{W|Satsuki Igarashi}}, who creates the screentones and designs the physical book releases.

==JoJo's Bizarre Adventure==
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[[File:Clamp.png|200px|thumb|left]] The ties between CLAMP and ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' go back to their 1994 event [[CLAMP IN WONDERLAND]], where the collective published an unofficial yaoi short manga named {{Nihongo|'''''JoJo's Bizarre Married Life'''''|ジョジョの奇妙な新婚生活|JoJo no kimyō na Shinkon Seikatsu}} starring [[Stardust Crusaders|Part 3]] characters. The doujin is mostly known for featuring a scene where [[Jotaro Kujo|Jotaro]] and [[Noriaki Kakyoin|Kakyoin]] become parents of a baby born from an egg. The child, called [[Jota Kujo]], looks in all ways similar to Jotaro. Another fanzine released in 1994 features the [[Joestar Group]] and [[DIO]] fighting over breakfast in an alternate setting where everyone survived the events of ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]''. [[CLAMP IN WONDERLAND]] characters, including Jota Kujo can be seen in an animated series of music videos produced in 1994.

Although CLAMP retired from publishing fanworks after CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2, the protagonists of their next shojo series {{W|Wish|Wish (manga)}} bear a strong resemblance to Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin, and the manga is considered by many CLAMP fans a ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' fan series.<ref>https://coherentcats.com/2022/06/13/demystifying-the-link-between-clamp-and-jojos-bizarre-adventure/</ref> The same thing is often said of protagonists of another of CLAMP's works, {{W|The One I Love (manga)|''The One I Love''}}.
[[File:25 years JoJo 021.png|thumb|right|150px]]
[[Jota Kujo]] and his Stand "[[Charmy Green]]" (whose name originates from a dish detergent brand) are speculated to have been an inspiration in the creation of Jotaro's daughter's [[Jolyne Kujo|Jolyne]]'s Stand [[Stone Free]], due to both children's stands having unraveling properties, and Stone Free "smelling like soap, for some unknown reason".<ref>{{Ch|SO Chapter 140}}</ref>

In an [[Interview:XxxHolic_Guidebook_(November_2006)|interview]] published in CLAMP's xxxHolic Guidebook, {{W|Tsubaki Nekoi}} reveals that CLAMP members and [[Hirohiko Araki]]'s wife [[Asami Araki]] frequent the same beauty salon. This led to Araki meeting the collective a number of times prior to the interview. 

The relationship between CLAMP and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure came full circle when the collective participated in the [[Shueisha]] published anniversary booklet ''[[25 Years with JoJo]]'' with a celebratory illustration of [[Jolyne Cujoh]].

==Interviews==
{{Interview|XxxHolic Guidebook (November 2006)}}

==Works==
* (1989-1996) '''RG Veda'''
* (1990-1991)  '''Man of Many Faces''' 	
* (1990-1993) '''Tokyo Babylon'''
* (1991-1993) '''Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders'''
* (1992-1993) '''Clamp School Detectives '''
* (1992) '''Shirahimeshou: Snow Goddess Tales '''
* (1992-2003)	'''X/1999 	'''
* (1992-1994) '''Legend of Chun Hyang 	'''
* (1993-1995) '''Magic Knight Rayearth '''
* (1993-1995) '''Miyuki-chan in Wonderland '''
* (1993-1995) '''The One I Love 	'''
* (1995-1996) '''Magic Knight Rayearth 2 	'''
* (1995-1998)''' Wish 	'''
* (1996-2000) '''Cardcaptor Sakura 	'''
* (1997-1999) '''Clover '''
* (1999-2001) '''Angelic Layer 	'''
* (1999-2000) '''Suki: A Like Story 	'''
* (2000-2003) '''Legal Drug 	'''
* (2000-2002) '''Chobits '''
* (2002-2002) '''Murikuri 	'''
* (2003-2011)''' xxxHolic 	'''
* (2003-2009) '''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 	'''
* (2005-2011) '''Kobato 	'''
* (2011-2013)	'''Gate 7 	'''
* (2011-2013)	'''Drug & Drop '''
* (2013-2017) '''xxxHolic: Rei '''
* (2014-2016) '''Tsubasa World Chronicle: Nirai Kanai-hen '''
* (2016-2024)	'''Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card<br />'''

==Commentary==
{{Note|
|Part=WSJ
|Crop        = {{Crop|Image=25 years JoJo 021.png|bSize=150|cWidth=150|cHeight=195|oTop=7|Frameless=true}}
|Name        = ''[[25 Years with JoJo]]''
|Translation = Congratulations on the 25th anniversary of ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''! We're truly honored to have been able to participate in this booklet. Your boundless passion for creation and overwhelming works — as fans, we can't wait to see what's to come!
|Transcript  = ジョジョの奇妙な冒険25周年本当におめでとうございます! 冊子に参加させていただいて光栄です。 尽きない創作への情熱と圧倒的な作品達。 これからもファンとして楽しみでなりません。
|Author      = CLAMP, September 2012
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
ClampCast.jpg|Joestar Group and Jota Kujo drawn by CLAMP in (1994)
2005 Josuke Autograph.jpg|Hirohiko Araki autograph addressed to Tsubasa Nekoi (2005)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190922093854/https://twitter.com/NekoiTsubaki/status/1170310516616548352</ref>
Clamp Wish.png|Shunichirou and Kohaku, protagonists from Wish
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[CLAMP IN WONDERLAND]]
*[[Jota Kujo]]
*[[25 Years with JoJo]]


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