is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. She debuted as a professional manga artist in 1996 and since then has published several boys' love series and illustrated many light novels. Ayano Yamane is known for her humour and detailed art. She is one of the top selling yaoi manga artists in Japan. Her most successful work is the Finder Series.
Career
Yamane debuted professionally as a manga artist in 1996.
On August 17, 2026, Magazine Be × Boy announced that she would be illustrating the manga adaptation of the novel, Husky and His White Cat Shizun, for serialized release in Be × Boy Gold. It was canceled on August 19, 2026, after it was found that Yamane had previously made anti-Korean and anti-Chinese tweets on her Twitter account.
Works
Manga
(2000) (b-Boy Zips, 2000) (Drap, 2001) (Chara Selection, 2002) (Biblos → Libre Publishing, 2002-present) , (Core Magazine, 2003) , (Tokuma Shoten, 2004–2005) ( (Magazine Be x Boy, 2009) (2010)
In 2010, Digital Manga Publishing licensed Finder Series in English. From 2007 to 2008, Kitty Media held the North American license of Crimson Spell, but in 2013 SuBLime Manga acquired the rights to publish this title. 801 Media has licensed A Foreign Love Affair.
Light Novel Illustration
(b-Boy Phoenix, 2007) Story & Art (2012) Art
Artbooks , Biblos, 2004
References
External links All About Yamane Ayano (Official website) (Archived 2018-06-06 & Retrieved 2024-04-24)