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.
[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.