WRITER

Ai Yazawa

1967 - Today

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Ai Yazawa (矢沢 あい, Yazawa Ai, was born on March 7, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ai Yazawa has received more than 850,591 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ai Yazawa is the 3,317th most popular writer (up from 3,401st in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from Japan (down from 923rd in 2019) and the 75th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Nana
Graphic novels, Women, Man-woman relationships
2002
Tian guo zhi wen
2006
Paradise kiss
Individuality, Man-woman relationships, Graphic novels
"The school fashion show is finally here, and it's a last-minute fight to the finish to get the awesome ensemble ready on time. The drama escalates when a stressed-out Yukari literally passes out from exhaustion in George's car. No one knows if she'll recover in time to model for the show. Meanwhile, a mysterious female friend from George's past shows up to support him on the big day. Are they just friends...or something more? Yukari's not sure who she can trust anymore. All she's 100% sure about is that she wants the Paradise Kiss posse to take frist place at the fashion show, no matter what it takes. Will they reign victorious or be forced to taste the agony of defeat?" P. [4] of cover.
2002
Paradise Kiss Part 3
High school students, Models (Persons), Comic books, strips
2013
Tian guo zhi wen
2006
Nana
Graphic novels, Women, Man-woman relationships
2002
Nana
Man-woman relationships, Graphic novels, Fiction
Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help here make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock' n' roll. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly gecome best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties! Takumi and Hachi are getting married, but it's far from a joyous announcement. Nobu and Nana are devastated, and even Takumi's bandmates take the news hard. With paparazzi skulking around for a new scandal to exploit and tensions between Trapnest and Blast on high alert, will Hachi ever get her happily ever after?
2005
Paradise Kiss 4
Paradise kiss
Individuality, Man-woman relationships, Graphic novels
"The school fashion show is finally here, and it's a last-minute fight to the finish to get the awesome ensemble ready on time. The drama escalates when a stressed-out Yukari literally passes out from exhaustion in George's car. No one knows if she'll recover in time to model for the show. Meanwhile, a mysterious female friend from George's past shows up to support him on the big day. Are they just friends...or something more? Yukari's not sure who she can trust anymore. All she's 100% sure about is that she wants the Paradise Kiss posse to take frist place at the fashion show, no matter what it takes. Will they reign victorious or be forced to taste the agony of defeat?" P. [4] of cover.
2002
Nana nº 15/21
2017

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ai Yazawa ranks 3,317 out of 7,302. Before her are Bernhard Grzimek, Nossis, Alexander Dukhnovych, Enrique Vila-Matas, Ibn Warraq, and Igor Gouzenko. After her are Maryana Marrash, Marcellus of Ancyra, Zofia Posmysz, Arnold Wesker, Robert McKee, and Mirza Alakbar Sabir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ai Yazawa ranks 109. Before her are John Petrucci, Dave Matthews, Kellyanne Conway, Luis Abinader, Saara Kuugongelwa, and Sandrine Bonnaire. After her are Satya Nadella, Naser Orić, Yordan Letchkov, Sue Gardner, Chris Benoit, and Layne Staley.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ai Yazawa ranks 946 out of 6,245. Before her are Takeshi Obata (1969), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Takeshi Ono (1944), Kuroda Seiki (1866), and Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948). After her are Miyoshi Umeki (1929), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910), Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Uichiro Hatta (1903), and Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ai Yazawa ranks 75. Before her are Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Naoya Shiga (1883), Kan Kikuchi (1888), and Futabatei Shimei (1864). After her are Itō Noe (1895), Kafū Nagai (1879), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Ennin (793), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), and Hiratsuka Raichō (1886).

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