Ayano Yamane

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 16, 2026, Magazine Be x Boy announced that she would be illustrating the manga adaptation of danmei novel, Husky and His White Cat Shizun, for serialized release in Be x 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

Anime Adaptations

, (OVA, PrimeTime, 2007-2008, 2 episodes) (OVA, GARDEN LODGE, 2012-2015, 2 episodes)