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Ai Yazawa

1967 - Today

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Ai Yazawa (矢沢 あい, Yazawa Ai; born March 7, 1967) 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 Tenshi Nanka ja Nai (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ai Yazawa is the 3,437th most popular writer (down from 3,317th in 2019), the 1,004th most popular biography from Japan (down from 946th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ai Yazawa ranks 3,437 out of 7,302. Before her are Johann Fischart, Francišak Bahuševič, Ravindra Prabhat, Natsuo Kirino, Roberto Arlt, and Edith Durham. After her are Wallace Stevens, Angelos Sikelianos, Futabatei Shimei, Iain Banks, Mouloud Mammeri, and Michel Ocelot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ai Yazawa ranks 130. Before her are Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Chuck Schuldiner, Luis Abinader, Herzi Halevi, Michel Hazanavicius, and Layne Staley. After her are Benny Benassi, Nicolae Ciucă, Steve Zahn, Leslie Jones, Steven Wilson, and Dan Petrescu.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ai Yazawa ranks 1,004 out of 6,245. Before her are Naoya Shiga (1883), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Nobuko Jashima (1959), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), and Natsuo Kirino (1951). After her are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Takuya Kimura (1972), Shinobu Ikeda (1962), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), and Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ai Yazawa ranks 77. Before her are Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Kafū Nagai (1879), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Naoya Shiga (1883), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), and Natsuo Kirino (1951). After her are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Ryōtarō Shiba (1923).

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