Akira Amano is a Japanese manga artist born in Aichi Prefecture. She is best known for the shonen series Reborn! (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!), which began as a one-shot in Weekly Shonen Jump in late 2003 and was serialized there from 2004 to 2012. She later created eLDLIVE and Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective, and designed the original characters for the Psycho-Pass franchise.
