is a '' shōjo''

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

. She is best known for '' Honey x Honey Drops'', which has been licensed in multiple languages and adapted as an

original video animation , abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA s ...

(OVA). Her current series, ''

Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series created by Kanan Minami. It started serialization in 2008 in the magazine '' Sho-Comi'', and completed in 2013, with 15 bound volumes have been released in Japan under the Flower Comics label. Plot ...

'', is a best-seller that regularly appears on the Tohan comics charts. She writes mainly for ''

Shōjo Comic , formerly published under its full name until December 2007, is a ''shōjo'' manga magazine published semimonthly in Japan by Shogakukan since 1968. The manga featured in ''Sho-Comi'' are later compiled and published in book form (''tankōbon' ...

''. She has sold more than 10 million copies. On the ''Nikkei Entertainment'' magazine's list of top 50 manga creators by the amount of sales since January 2010, Kanan Minami ranked 24 out of the 50 manga creators. Her representative work for the sales is ''

''. She sold 2,498,000 copies.

Personal life

Minami gave birth to a daughter in 2014.

Manga

As contributor

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Kanan Minami
at Media Arts Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Minami, Kanan Living people Japanese female comics artists Female comics writers Manga artists Women manga artists Japanese women writers 1979 births