Yona of the Dawn
| Yona of the Dawn | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yona | |
| 暁のヨナ (Akatsuki no Yona) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mizuho Kusanagi |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Hana to Yume Comics |
| Magazine | Hana to Yume |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | August 5, 2009 – present |
| Volumes | 45 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kazuhiro Yoneda |
| Written by | Shinichi Inotsume |
| Music by | Kunihiko Ryo |
| Studio | Pierrot |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, RKK, BS11 |
| Original run | October 7, 2014 – March 24, 2015 |
| Episodes | 24 + 3 OVAs |
Yona of the Dawn (Japanese: 暁のヨナ, Hepburn: Akatsuki no Yona) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuho Kusanagi. It has been serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume since August 2009, with its chapters collected in 45 tankōbon volumes as of December 2024. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.
Set in an ancient Chinese-inspired fantasy world, the story follows Princess Yona as she flees a coup in the fictional kingdom of Kouka and heralds on a journey to save Kouka from both invasion and internal collapse.
A 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired between October 2014 and March 2015.