is a Japanese shōjo

Shojo

The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...

 manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

. She is the former assistant of manga artist Masashi Asaki of Psychometrer Eiji

Psychometrer Eiji

is a mystery manga and live-action series created by Masashi Asaki and Tadashi Agi, that started in 1996. The manga series is composed of 25 tankōbon and was serialized by Kodansha. So far, it is yet to be released worldwide, although it was published by Chuangyi in Simplified Chinese, Tong-Li in...

 fame. Her debut was in the January 2001 issue of Hana to Yume

Hana to Yume

is a semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha.The magazine is published on the 4th and 22nd of every month. It is often nicknamed as among the readers...

with Soul Rescue

Soul Rescue

is a fantasy/action shōjo manga series created by Aya Kanno. In the United States, it is published by Tokyopop.-Plot:Renji is a rogue angel who seems to know only how to fight. God banishes Renji to earth for his recklessness. He can only return on one condition - if he is able to save ten...

. Thus far, her work has only been serialized in Hakusensha

Hakusensha

is a Japanese publishing company. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.The company mainly publishes manga magazines of various genres and is involved in certain series' productions in their games, original video animation, musical and their animated TV series....

's shōjo

Shojo

The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 anthologies: Hana to Yume

Hana to Yume

is a semi-monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha.The magazine is published on the 4th and 22nd of every month. It is often nicknamed as among the readers...

, The Hana to Yume

The Hana to Yume

is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine that has been published on the 26th of each odd-month by Hakusensha.The magazine serves as a supplementary issue to the larger magazine Hana to Yume, featuring one-shots or side stories of series running in Hana to Yume...

, Hana to Yume Plus, and now primarily in Bessatsu Hana to Yume

Bessatsu Hana to Yume

is a Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Hakusensha.-Background:Bessatsu Hana to Yume is a sister magazine to Hana to Yume. It was launched in July 1977 as a quarterly priced at 300 yen...

, in which her latest work, Otomen

Otomen

is a Japanese romantic comedy manga by manga artist Aya Kanno, which has been running in Bessatsu Hana to Yume since late 2006. The series has been adapted into a live action TV drama. The series has been one of the best-selling shōjo properties in America, since being licensed by Viz Media...

, is currently running.

Also, she has completed Kokoro ni Hana wo.

List of works

(2001–2002) (2003–2004) (2003–2004) (2003–2005) (2005–2006) (published in English as Blank Slate, 2008) (2006–present)

External links

• KANNO Aya Official Blog yonpo hou
• Tokyopop (English licensor)
• Interview with KANNO Aya(Hakusensha site)