Aya Nakahara

is a Japanese manga artist. She won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga for Lovely Complex Love Com, a romance manga about a tall high school girl who falls in love with a short guy.

Works Haru to Kuuki Nichiyobi (1995) Benkyou Shinasai! (1997) – 2 volumes Seishun no Tamago (1997) Love! Love! Love! (1998–99) – 3 volumes Ringo Nikki (2000) – 2 volumes Hanada (2001) – 2 volumes Love Com (Bessatsu Margaret, 2001–07) – 17 volumes Love Com D (Deluxe Margaret, 2009) Love Com Two (2012) Himitsu Kichi (2004) Bokura no Ibasho (2007) Tokimeki Gakuen Oujigumi (2008) Nanaco Robin (Bessatsu Margaret, 2008–09) – 3 volumes Junjou Drop (2012) – 1 volume Berry Dynamite (Bessatsu Margaret, 2009–10) – 3 volumes Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai (Monthly You, 2013–16) – 10 volumes Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai R (Monthly You, 2016–18) – 6 volumes Otonanajimi (Cocohana, 2019–21) – 8 volumes Ōkami ni Suzu (Cocohana, 2021–23) – 4 volumes