Akira Kanbe

Akira Kanbe (かんべあきら, Kanbe Akira) is a Japanese manga artist from Hyōgo Prefecture, known for his work as the illustrator of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero, specializes in the yaoi genre.

Leroy Dessaroux described Kanbe as being "unusually good at figure drawing", especially drawing people during sex acts.^[1] Active Anime's Rachel Bentham commends Hot Limit's art as "racy, sexy and hot",^[2] and has praised Kanbe's skill at drawing "subtle facial expressions".^[3]

• Tsuki no Umareru Yoru (1995) - Author & Illustrator
• Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Episode Zero (1997) - Illustrator
• Kimi Made Mousugu (2000) - Author & Illustrator
• Moichido Koishite (2001) - Author & Illustrator
• Hitomi no Mukougawa (2001) - Author & Illustrator
• Yasashiku Sokubaku Shiteageru (2002) - Author & Illustrator
• Keep Out (2002) - Author & Illustrator
• Cool Down (2003) - Author & Illustrator
• Scramble Game (2004) - Author & Illustrator
• Trouble Love Candy (2004) - Author & Illustrator
• Freezing Flame (Kooru Shakunetsu) (2004) - Author & Illustrator
• Bittersweet Café (2005) - Author & Illustrator
• Love or Pride (2006) - Author & Illustrator
• Hot Limit (2006) - Illustrator
• Loving Gaze - (2006) - Author & Illustrator
• Love Wars (2007) - Illustrator
• Blind Love (2007) - Author & Illustrator
• I.D (2008) - Author & Illustrator
• Retsujou no Meikyou (2008) - Author & Illustrator
• Oshigoto no Jikan!? (2009) - Illustrator

• Personal website (Japanese)
• Akira Kanbe at Anime News Network's encyclopedia