Akemi Matsunae

Akemi Matsunae (松苗あけみ) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist.

She made her debut in 1977 with Yakusoku ("Promise") in Lyrica. In 1988, she won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Junjō Crazy Fruits, which was serialized in the manga magazine Bouquet from 1982 to 1988.

Matsunae is known for her romantic comedies. Rachel Thorn mentions worklife for women, divorce and casual sex as issues that show up in her work.