Yazawa Aï

Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator born in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1967. She debuted in 1985 with a short story in the magazine Ribon while still a student. Her best-known series include I'm No Angel, Neighborhood Story, Paradise Kiss and Nana, which won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2003 and became one of the best-selling manga series. Nana has been on hiatus since 2009 because of her health, and she has since worked mainly on illustration.