Ayano Takeda

Ayano Takeda is a Japanese novelist. She aspired to become a novelist when she first read Risa Wataya's I Want to Kick You in the Back (蹴りたい背中, Keritai senaka). She made her debut while she was a student at Doshisha University with the short novel Kyou, Kimi to Iki wo Suru (今日、きみと息をする。). A story about a high school art club. She submitted the novel to the 8th Japan Love Story Award sponsored by Takarajimasha. Her novel was selected as a finalist. Although it did not win the prize, it was later published in May 2013 in the Takarajimasha Bunko collection.

In December 2013, she published her second debut novel Sound! Euphonium: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band. The novel was based on her days in the brass band club during elementary and junior high school. The novel was successful and spawned a manga and a popular anime series by Kyoto Animation. In 2021, she also won the 42nd Eiji Yoshikawa Literary Newcomer Award for her novel Aisarenakute mo Betsuni (愛されなくても別に).

In 2016, she was appointed as a tourism ambassador for her hometown in Uji City.

On September 25, 2022, she announced she got married to a man from outside the manga industry. On July 16, 2024, she announced the birth of her first son.