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Ai Yazawa (矢沢あい Yazawa Ai) is the pen name for the author of Kagen no Tsuki. She began Kagen no Tsuki in 1998 and ended it the next year. Yazawa is also the author of many popular works.
In 2009, Yazawa contracted an unknown illness, which put her manga,Nana on hold. She has returned from the hospital, but it is still unknown if Nana will return.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Ai Yazawa was born on March 7, 1967 in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan.
Ai Yazawa had studied at a fashion school, after high school, but dropped out a year later. She began writting, and drawing manga in 1985, and debuted in Ribon with "Ano Natsu."
Kagen no Tsuki[]
Although, Kagen no Tsuki is one of Yazawa's lesser known series it has still garnered a bit of popularity. In 2004, Kagen no Tsuki was also adapted into a live-action film of the same name.
The manga is currently set to be republished on March 19, 2013.[1]
Later works[]
Yazawa went on to create Paradise Kiss and Nana shortly after the end of Kagen no Tsuki. ParaKiss was finished in 2003 and Nana is on hiatus.
In June, 2009, Yazawa contracted an illness, which she was hospitalized for, putting her manga, Nana on hold. She returned from the hospital in April, 2010, but it is still unknown if she will continue writing, Nana.[2]
Published works[]
- 15-nenme (1986)
- Love Letter (1987)
- Kaze ni Nare! (1988)
- Escape (1988)
- Ballad Made Soba ni Ite (1989)
- Marine Blue no Kaze ni Dakarete (1990-1991)
- Usubeni no Arashi (1992)
- Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (1992-1994)
- Gokinjo Monogatari (1995-1998)
- Kagen no Tsuki (1998-1999)
- Paradise Kiss (1999-2003)
- Nana (1999-hiatus)