Ayano Yamane

She is one of the top selling yaoi manga artists in Japan. Her most successful work is the Finder Series.

• Born — 18 December 1977 • Birthplace — Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan • Nationality — Japanese • Area — Manga Artist • Notable Works — Finder Series, Crimson Spell

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.

• The Strength of Pure Soul (2000) • Like a Hero (b-Boy Zips, 2000) • Double Face' (Drap, 2001) • Lock Out!' (Chara Selection, 2002) • Finder' (Biblos → Libre Publishing, 2002-present) • A Foreign Love Affair, (Core Magazine, 2003) • Crimson Spell, (Tokuma Shoten, 2004–2005) • Koisuru Finder no Hyouteki ((Magazine Be x Boy, 2009) • Koi o Suru DNA + (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.

• Artbook: Yamane Ayano Illustrations - Aya, Biblos, 2004

Ayano Yamane is recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded as illustrator, mangaka and comics artist.