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{{short description|Japanese mangaka|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name               = Akira Amano
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| birth_name         = Akira Amano <br>{{nihongo2|天野 明}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1973|06|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Aichi Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
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| death_place        = 
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| nationality        = [[Japanese people|Japanese]]
| known_for          = ''[[Reborn!]]''
| occupation         = [[mangaka|Manga artist]]
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{{nihongo|'''Akira Amano'''|天野 明|Amano Akira|born 1973}} is a Japanese [[mangaka]] known for the ''[[shōnen]]'' series ''[[Reborn!]]''.

Early versions of ''Reborn!'' were published in ''[[seinen]]'' manga magazines. In late 2003, the series, a stand-alone short story at the time, was published in the ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' magazine. After the success of the short story, the series began serialization in the magazine in mid-2004.<ref name="VIZ profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.vizmedia.com/products/products.php?&series_id=455&section=profiles |title=Viz Profiles - Akira Amano |publisher=[[VIZ Media]] |accessdate=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717230302/http://www.vizmedia.com/products/products.php?&series_id=455&section=profiles |archivedate=2011-07-17 }}</ref> Since then, the manga has been adapted into an [[anime]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-08-03/reborn-as-anime|title=Reborn as Anime|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=2006-08-03|accessdate=2008-08-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080914200335/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-08-03/reborn-as-anime| archivedate= 14 September 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> as well as five [[light novels]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703177-5&mode=1|title=家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN！｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-703188-1&mode=1|title=家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN！隠し弾2 X－炎 ｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-08-07}}</ref> and several video games. On Nikkei Entertainment's list of most successful manga artists she ranked 12th.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-08-05/top-50-manga-creators-by-sales-since-2010 Top 50 Manga Creators by Sales Since 2010]</ref>

==Works==
* ''Shōnen Spin''
* ''Neppuu Yakyuu Densetsu Picchan''
* {{nihongo|''Petit Petit Rabbit''|ぷちぷちラビィ|''Puchi Puchi Rabii''}} (2000, serialized in ''[[Bessatsu Young Magazine]]'' and ''[[Young Magazine]]'')
* ''Monkey Business''  (2002)
* ''Bakuhatsu HAWK!!''  (one-shot released in 2003)
* ''[[Reborn!]]'' (2004–2012, serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''[[Psycho-Pass]]'' (original character design)
* ''Warashibe Tantei Numashichirō''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-02/reborn-akira-amano-previews-1-shot-manga|title = Reborn's Akira Amano Previews 1-Shot Manga}}</ref> (one-shot released in 2013)
* ''[[ēlDLIVE]]'' (2013–2018, serialized in ''Jump Live'', later transferred to ''[[Shonen Jump+]]'')
* ''Sleepy Netarou Appears'' (one-shot released in 2014)
* ''Hot'' (one-shot released in 2018)
* ''[[Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective]]'' (2020–present, serialized in ''Shonen Jump+'')
* ''[[Suicide Squad Isekai]]'' (original character design)<ref>{{cite web|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Warner Bros. Japan, WIT Studio Unveil Original Anime Series Suicide Squad ISEKAI Based on DC Characters|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-03/warner-bros-japan-wit-studio-unveil-original-anime-series-suicide-squad-isekai-based-on-dc-/.199896|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 3, 2023|access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://otakumode.com/news/587592f17dc7a0da718cf123/New-Exhibition-Celebrates-Manga-Artist-Akira-Amano-s-Successful-elDLIVE-Series! New Amano In Kyoto Exhibit]
*[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/02/04/check-out-the-summary-of-the-new-psycho-pass-character-designer-interview Check Out The Summary Of The New "Psycho-Pass" Character Designer Interview]
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-27/akira-amano-exhibit-shows-new-anime-video-featuring-reborn-eldlive/.104750 Akira Amano Exhibit Show]
*[https://manga.tokyo/report/photo-report-new-akira-amano-exhibition-in-kyoto/ Akira Amano Exhibition]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/akira-amano/4040-61128/issues-cover/ Akira Amano comic list]
*[https://honeysanime.com/top-manga-by-akira-amano-best-recommendations/ Top manga list]
*{{Anime News Network|people|58233}}
*{{Twitter|amano_akira_}}

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[[Category:21st-century Japanese writers]]