Kanan Minami

Kanan Minami (水波 風南, Minami Kanan, born November 12, 1979[1] in Saitama Prefecture) is a shōjo manga artist. She is best known for Honey x Honey Drops, which has been licensed in multiple languages and adapted as an original video animation (OVA). Her current series, Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu, is a best-seller that regularly appears on the Tohan comics charts. She writes mainly for Shōjo Comic. She has sold more than 10 million copies.[2] 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.[2] Her representative work for the sales is Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu. She sold 2,498,000 copies.[2]

Kanan Minami
Born (1979-11-12) November 12, 1979
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu, Honey x Honey Drops

Personal life

Minami gave birth to a daughter in 2014.[3]

Manga

List of manga works
Title Year Notes Refs
Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu (今日、恋をはじめます) 2008–11 Serialized in Sho-Comi by Shogakukan
Published by Flower Comics, 15 volumes released
[4][5][6]
Honey x Honey Drops (蜜×蜜ドロップス) 2004–06 Serialized in Sho-Comi by Shogakukan
Published by Flower Comics, 8 volumes released
[7]
Perfect Partner (ja:パーフェクト・パートナー, Pāfekuto pātonā) 2002 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics/Small Komi Flower Comics, 1 volume released [8][9]
Ren'aishijōshugi (ja:レンアイ至上主義) 2003–04 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics/Small Komi Flower Comics, 8 volumes released [10]
Kakene nashi no LOVE torihiki (ja:掛け値ナシのLOVE取引) 2001 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics/Small Komi Flower Comics, 1 volume released [11]
Miseinen Dakedo Kodomo Janai 2012–16 (vol.) Published by Sho-Comi / Flower Comics, 5 volumes released [12]
Rhapsody in Heaven (ja:狂想ヘヴン, Kyō sō hevun) 2007 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics/Small Komi Flower Comics, 3 volumes released [13]
Chain of Pearls 2002 Serialized in Shojo Comic
Published by Flower Comics/Small Komi Flower Comics, 2 volumes released
[14]
Shiikuhime (ja:飼育姫) 2006 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics/Small Komi Flower Comics, 1 volume released [15]

As contributor

List of anthologies contributed
Title Year Notes Refs
Love & SexSHO-COMI Pink Label 2003 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics, 1 volumes released [16]
Koi, pinku. Watashi no kimochi, kiite kureru? (恋、ぴんく。私の気持ち、聞いてくれる?) 2013 (vol.) Published by Sho-Comi Flower Comics/Sho-Comi Girls Collection, 1 volumes released [17]
Shinkon ♥ gentei mesukōseidakedo, kekkon shimasu (新婚♥限定女子高生だけど、結婚します) 2014 (vol.) Published by Sho-Comi Flower Comics/Sho-Comi Girl's Collection, 1 volume released [18]
Geki ai motto motometai (激愛もっと求めたい) 2006 (vol.) Published by Sho-Comi Pink Label / Small Comi Flower Comics, 1 volumereleased [19]
Neko kare kūru Sho-comi men' s collection (猫彼クールSho-comi men's collection) 2010 (vol.) Published by Flower Comics, 1 volume released [20]


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References

  1. "Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010". Anime News Network. August 5, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  2. Loo, Egan (August 5, 2011). "Top 50 Manga Creators by Sale Since January 2010". Anime News Network. animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  3. Ressler, Karen (January 3, 2016). "Kanan Minami Ends Miseinen dakedo Kodomo ja Nai Manga (Update)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  4. "単行本全巻:今日、恋をはじめます(フラワーコミックス / Sho-Comiフラワーコミックス)" [Paperback whole volume: today, you can start the love (Flower Comics / Sho-Comi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  5. "Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu Shōjo Manga Gets Anime Green-Lit". Anime News Network. April 5, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  6. "Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu Manga Ends in Japan This Month". Anime News Network. November 4, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  7. 単行本全巻:蜜×蜜ドロップス(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス) [Paperback whole volume: honey × Honey Drops (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. 単行本全巻:パーフェクト・パートナー(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス) [Paperback whole volume: Perfect Partner (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 26-February 1". Anime News Network. February 4, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  10. 単行本全巻:レンアイ至上主義(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス) [Paperback whole volume: love supremacist (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  11. "単行本全巻:掛け値ナシのLOVE取引(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス)" [Paperback whole volume: of incomparably valuable without LOVE transaction (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  12. "単行本全巻:未成年だけどコドモじゃない(Sho-Comiフラワーコミックス)" [Paperback whole volume: It's not children I'm minors (Sho-Comi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  13. 単行本全巻:狂想ヘヴン(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス) [Paperback whole volume: moonshine Heaven (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  14. 単行本全巻:真珠の鎖(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス) [Paperback whole volume: pearl chain (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  15. 単行本全巻:飼育姫(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス) [Paperback whole volume: breeding Princess (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  16. "Love & sexSHO-COMI Pink Label(フラワーコミックス / 少コミフラワーコミックス)" [Love & sexSHO-COMI Pink Label (Flower Comics / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  17. "単行本全巻:恋、ぴんく。私の気持ち、聞いてくれる?(Sho-Comiフラワーコミックス / Sho-Comi Girls Collection)" [Paperback whole volume: love, pink. My feelings, can you hear? (Sho-Comi Flower Comics / Sho-Comi Girls Collection)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  18. "単行本全巻:新婚♥限定女子高生だけど、結婚します(Sho-Comiフラワーコミックススペシャル / Sho-Comi Girl's Collection)" [Paperback whole volume: I'm newlywed ♥ limited schoolgirl, and then married (Sho-Comi Flower Comics Special / Sho-Comi Girl's Collection)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  19. "単行本全巻:激愛もっと求めたい(フラワーコミックス SHO-COMI Pink Label / 少コミフラワーコミックス)" [Paperback whole volume: super love you want more determined (Flower Comics SHO-COMI Pink Label / small Komi Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  20. "単行本全巻:猫彼クールSho-comi men's collection(フラワーコミックス)" [Paperback whole volume: cat his cool Sho-comi men's collection (Flower Comics)]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
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