Ayano Takeda

武田綾乃

Twitter 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…