Minami Mizuno was born on July 30 in Sapporo, Japan. She debuted with Tama ni wa Konna Watashi to Anata (We Get like This Sometimes, You and I) in 2006. Rainbow Days was nominated for the 40th Kodansha Manga Award in 2016, and her subsequent work, We Don’t Know Love Yet, was nominated for the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2020.