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Ai Yazawa


Born
in Osaka, Japan
March 07, 1967

Genre
Manga, Contemporary, Romance


Ai YAZAWA (矢沢あい) 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 ten series on Ribon magazine. 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.

Yazawa's most famous manga include Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (I'm Not an Angel), Gokinjo Monogatari (Neighborhood Story), Paradise Kiss, and Nana.
In 2003, she was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for Nana.
Some of her manga works were made into anime, and live action move ...more

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Average rating: 4.4 · 222,739 ratings · 9,885 reviews · 259 distinct works • Similar authors
Nana, Vol. 1
4.36 avg rating — 60,902 ratings — published 2000 — 38 editions
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Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1
4.15 avg rating — 18,604 ratings — published 2000 — 26 editions
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Nana, Vol. 2
4.47 avg rating — 11,296 ratings — published 2000 — 30 editions
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Nana, Vol. 3
4.50 avg rating — 8,286 ratings — published 2001 — 29 editions
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Nana, Vol. 4
4.54 avg rating — 7,293 ratings — published 2001 — 24 editions
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Nana, Vol. 5
4.54 avg rating — 6,686 ratings — published 2002 — 23 editions
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Paradise Kiss, Vol. 2
4.28 avg rating — 6,624 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions
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Nana, Vol. 6
4.51 avg rating — 5,900 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions
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Nana, Vol. 7
4.53 avg rating — 5,574 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions
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Paradise Kiss, Vol. 3
4.32 avg rating — 5,677 ratings — published 2001 — 22 editions
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Series by Ai Yazawa

Nana, Vol. 1 Nana, Vol. 2 Nana, Vol. 3 Nana, Vol. 4 Nana, Vol. 5 Nana, Vol. 6 Nana, Vol. 7
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4.45 avg rating — 162,272 ratings

Paradise Kiss, Vol. 1 Paradise Kiss, Vol. 2 Paradise Kiss, Vol. 3 Paradise Kiss, Vol. 4 Paradise Kiss, Vol. 5
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4.24 avg rating — 41,128 ratings

Paradise Kiss 1 de 10 Paradise Kiss 2 de 10 Paradise Kiss 3 de 10 Paradise Kiss 4 de 10 Paradise Kiss 5 de 10 Paradise Kiss 6 de 10 Paradise Kiss 7 de 10
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4.24 avg rating — 3,413 ratings

Gokinjo Monogatari, Vol. 1 I cortili del cuore Deluxe,... Cortili del cuore Deluxe, V... I cortili del cuore Deluxe,...
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4.34 avg rating — 2,304 ratings

Gokinjo - Une vie de quarti... Gokinjo - Une vie de quarti... Gokinjo - Une vie de quarti... ご近所物語 4 [Gokinjō Monogatari 4] Gokinjo - Une vie de quarti... Gokinjo - Une vie de quarti... Gokinjo - Une vie de quarti...
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Quotes by Ai Yazawa  (?)
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“Being alone and being lonely are two different things.”
― Ai Yazawa
tags: manga, nana, reira, yasu
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“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
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“But even when the moon looks like it's waning...it's actually never changing shape. Don't ever forget that.”
― Ai Yazawa, Nana, Vol. 14
tags: ai-yazawa, manga, moon, nana
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