Yona of the Dawn

Yona of the Dawn
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yona
暁のヨナ
(Akatsuki no Yona)
Genre
Manga
Written byMizuho Kusanagi
Published byHakusensha
English publisher
ImprintHana to Yume Comics
MagazineHana to Yume
DemographicShōjo
Original runAugust 5, 2009 – present
Volumes45
Anime television series
Directed byKazuhiro Yoneda
Written byShinichi Inotsume
Music byKunihiko Ryo
StudioPierrot
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, RKK, BS11
Original run October 7, 2014 March 24, 2015
Episodes24 + 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.