Ayano Takeda

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/ayanotakeda) 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