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Ai Yazawa

Japanese manga author

  • Fame58.9
  • Momentum3.5
  • Wikipedia32.9K
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    27 languages
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  • Age
    59
    Born 1967
  • Known for
    Paradise Kiss
    2011
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Updated 2026-06-20

Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. Yazawa debuted as a manga artist with her short story Ano Natsu (1985). She gained mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s with her series I'm No Angel (1991), Neighborhood Story (1995), Paradise Kiss (1999), and Nana (2000), the latter being one of the best-selling manga series. Since June 2009, Yazawa has been focusing on illustration projects due to health concerns.

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Momentum3.5
Historical23.5
Now attention14.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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