Ai Yazawa

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born

in Osaka, Japan

March 03, 1967

gender

female

website

http://www.shodensha.co.jp/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Romance

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Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい ,Yazawa Ai, born 1967-03-07 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga author. Her pen name comes from Japanese singer Eikichi Yazawa, of whom she is a fan.

Yazawa started her manga publishing life in 1985; throughout 15 years of publishing, she wrote over 10 series in Ribon. While most of her manga continues to be published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of Ribon and Cookie (in which Nana is serialized), series like Paradise Kiss now appear in other magazines such as Zipper, published by Shodensha.[1]

Yazawa's most famous manga include Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (I'm Not an Angel), Gokinjo Monogatari (Neighborhood Story), Paradise Kiss, and Nana. All five volumes of Paradise Kiss have been released in English by Tokyopop. Na...more

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Ai Yazawa's Books

Average rating: 4.27 · 49,128 ratings · 922 reviews · 115 distinct works · Similar authors

	Nana, Vol. 1 (Nana, #1) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 11,052 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Kiss, Volume 1 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 7,319 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nana, Vol. 2 (Nana, #2) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 2,156 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Kiss, Volume 2 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 2,089 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Kiss, Volume 3 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 1,650 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nana, Vol. 3 (Nana, #3) 4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,549 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Kiss, Volume 4 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 1,517 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nana, Vol. 4 (Nana, #4) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nana, Vol. 5 (Nana, #5) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 1,364 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise Kiss, Volume 5 by Ai Yazawa, Shirley Kubo (Translator) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,276 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ai Yazawa

Nana (22 books)
by Ai Yazawa
4.3061480956370435 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 31,034 ratings

Paradise Kiss (5 books)
by Ai Yazawa, Shirley Kubo (Translator)
4.193746389370306 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 13,848 ratings

Paradise Kiss ed. argentina (10 books)
by Ai Yazawa
4.233759590792839 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 1,955 ratings

Gokinjo Monogatari (11 books)
by Ai Yazawa
4.371428571428571 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 770 ratings

Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai - Kanzenban (4 books)
by Ai Yazawa
4.143198090692124 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 419 ratings

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Quotes by Ai Yazawa

“Being alone and being lonely are two different things. (Yasu)”
― Ai Yazawa

tags: manga, nana, reira, yasu

240 people liked it

“I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death.”
― Ai Yazawa

tags: anime, japanese, manga

169 people liked it

“His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him”
― Ai Yazawa, Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai Kanzenban, Volume 1

tags: romance, unrequited-love

155 people liked it

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