Inio Asano(浅野 いにおAsano Inio, born September 22, 1980 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese Manga author (mangaka). Asano created the acclaimed manga Solanin which was released as a feature film in Japan in April 2010, starring Aoi Miyazaki. He is known for his character driven, realist stories that range from slice of life stories to psychological horror. In 2001 he won the first prize in the GX competition for young mangaka. The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper described him as one of the voices of his generation.