Akira Amano (天野 明, Amano Akira, born 1973) is a Japanese mangaka known for the shōnen series Reborn!.
何もかもがダメダメな中学生・沢田網吉・通称ツナの前に現れた謎の赤ん坊家庭教師・リボーン。 なんと。その正体はツナをマフィアの10代目ポスとして教育するためにイタリアから来たヒットマンだった! その日を境に平凡な日常は一転! 物騒だけど、どこか楽しい仲間も次々と現れ、立派なマフィアのボスになるための毎日が「死ぬ気」のツナへの教育が始まった・・・・・。
Chuuta Kokonose is an orphan who lives with his aunt. For as long as he can remember, he's had a voice in his head, but other than that he's a normal boy—right until the day when a strange-looking thing follows him home and teleports him to a place filled with more fantastic creatures. It's a space police station, and Rein Brickke, the Chief of Solar System Department, tells him that he's been chosen by the computer as a possible candidate to join the police force. Misuzu Sonokata, a girl from Chuuta's school with an angelic face and ill temper who turns out to be one of Rein Brickke's subordinates, doesn't think him suitable for such a job. Chuuta, who was shocked at first, decides to take the aptitude test after being urged by the voice in his head and to prove Misuzu wrong.