is a Japanese

manga artist A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...

from Hokkaido. His first professional work was the short manga ''Black City'', published in the autumn 1992 ''Shonen Jump'' special edition, which received ''

Weekly Shōnen Jump is a weekly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology published in Japan by Shueisha under the ''Jump (magazine line), Jump'' line of magazines. The manga series within the magazine consist of many Action (fiction), action scenes and a fair ...

'' Hop Step Award for rookie artists. Several of his manga were serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' including '' Pretty Face'' and ''

M×0 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Kanō. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from May 2006 to May 2008, with its chapters collected in 10 ''tankōbon'' volumes. It t ...

''. ''Pretty Face'' was published in North America by

Viz Media Viz Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as Viz, ...

Works

Serialized manga

*'' Pretty Face'' serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (2002–2003), 6 volumes *''

'' serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (2006–2008), 10 volumes * serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (2011–2012), 3 volumes *''Kiss x Death'' serialized in ''

Shōnen Jump+ is a manga platform created by Shueisha. Launched on September 22, 2014, it operates as a free mobile app and website. Jump+ serializes original titles and titles from other Shueisha manga magazines, and also carries digital editions of ''Weekl ...

'' (2014–2018), 7 volumes *'' Kiruru Kill Me'' serialized in ''

'' (2020–present), 5 volumes

Short works

*''Black City'' (1996) - collection of previously published stories **''Black City'' (1992) ** (1993) **''Proto One'' (1995) **''Jewel of Love'' (1996) *''Tokyo Ants'' (2003) - collection of previously published stories *''Snow in the Dark'' (2007) - collection of previously published stories ** (2004) **''She Monkey'' (2004) **''Snow in the Dark'' (2004) **''MP0'' (2005), (Prototype version of ''M×0'') * (2008) * (2009) *''Loop'' (L∞P) (2009) *''Ghost Jim'' (2010) *''Brand New School Day'' (2013) * (2013) * (2014)

Illustrations

*''Midnight Magic'', novel series in Japan's ''Jump Novel'' magazine (1993-2001)

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, Yasuhiro 1970 births Living people Manga artists from Hokkaido