Akimi Yoshida

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Akimi Yoshida (吉田 秋生, Yoshida Akimi, born August 12, 1956) is a Japanese manga artist.

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Akimi Yoshida
吉田 秋生
Born (1956-08-12) August 12, 1956 (age 68)
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
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Career

She is a graduate of Musashino Art University.[1] She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin (ちょっと不思議な下宿人, "A Slightly Strange Neighbor"), published in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine.[2][3] Her following series were critical successes. Her series Sakura no Sono was adapted as a live-action film in 1992.[4]

Yoshida is best known for the crime thriller series Banana Fish, which she published between 1985 and 1994. The series was reprinted many times and received an anime adaptation produced by MAPPA in 2018.[5]

Style

While publishing mainly in shōjo manga magazines, her drawing style has often been compared to the aesthetics of shōnen manga. Yoshida herself reacted to this in an interview with a magazine in 1982: "Being a secret shojo manga artist suits me just fine. Hidden in some little corner of the world, staying out of people's way, I can actually do some pretty outrageous things. Which is really great. [...] So, yeah, you men can just shut up. Girls, let's just have our own fun right here."[6]

Reception

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Perspective

She is a three time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award – for Kisshō Tennyo in 1983 and for Yasha in 2001, both in the shōjo manga category, and for Umimachi Diary in 2015 in the general manga category. In 2002, Yasha was among the jury-selected works at the Japan Media Arts Festival 2002.[7] In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival for Umimachi Diary, which was later adapted into a feature film titled Our Little Sister.[8] In 2013, she was awarded the 6th Manga Taishō, again for Umimachi Diary.

Despite her work being solely published in shōjo manga magazines, she also has a broad readership among fans of shōnen manga.[4]

Awards

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List of Akimi Yoshida's awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Notes Ref.
1983 29th Shogakukan Manga Award Shōjo Kisshō Tennyo and Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni Won Results announced in early 1984 [9]
2001 47th Shogakukan Manga Award Shōjo Yasha Won Results announced in early 2002 [9]
2002 6th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division Jury Selections Yasha Longlisted Recommended by the jury [10]
2006 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Eve no Nemuri Nominated Came in seventh place in the initial vote [11]
2007 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division Excellence Award Umimachi Diary Won [12][13]
2008 1st Manga Taishō Umimachi Diary Nominated Came in third place with 42 points [14][15]
12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Umimachi Diary Nominated Came in second place in the initial vote [16][17]
2009 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Umimachi Diary Nominated Tied for first place in the initial vote [18][19]
2011 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Umimachi Diary Nomination declined Tied for first place in the initial vote; Yoshida declined the nomination [20]
2013 6th Manga Taishō Umimachi Diary Won [21]
2015 61st Shogakukan Manga Award General Umimachi Diary Won Results announced in January 2016 [22]
2019 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize Umimachi Diary Nominated Came in second place in the initial vote [23][24]
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Works

Series

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Title Year Notes Refs
California Story (カリフォルニア物語, California Monogatari) 1978–1981 Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
Published by Shogakukan in 8 vol.
[25]
Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni (河よりも長くゆるやかに) 1983–1985 Serialized in Petit Flower
Published by Shogakukan in 2 vol.
[26]
Kisshō Tennyo (吉祥天女) 1983–1984 Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
Published by Shogakukan in 4 vol.
[27]
Sakura no Sono (櫻の園) 1985–1986 Serialized in LaLa
Published by Hakusensha in 1 vol.
[28]
Banana Fish (バナナフィッシュ) 1985–1994 Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
Published by Shogakukan in 19 vol.
[29]
Hanako Gekki (ハナコ月記) 1988–1994 Published in 1 vol. [30]
Lovers' Kiss (ラヴァーズ・キス) 1995–1996 Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic
Published by Shogakukan in 2 vol.
[31]
Yasha (YASHA―夜叉―) 1996–2002 Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and Flowers
Published by Shogakukan in 12 vol.
[32]
Eve no Nemuri (イヴの眠り) 2003–2005 Serialized in Flowers
Published by Shogakukan in 5 vol.
[33]
Umimachi Diary (海街diary) 2006–2018 Serialized in Flowers
Published by Shogakukan in 9 vol.
[34]
Utagawa Hyakkei (詩歌川百景) 2019–present Serialized in Flowers
Published by Shogakukan in 3 vol. (as of March 2024)
[35][36]
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Short story collections

  • Yumemiru Koro wo Sugite mo (夢みる頃をすぎても), 1983

Anime

  • Bobby's Girl (ボビーに首ったけ), 1985, character designer[37]

Art books

  • California Tuning, 1982[38]
  • The Making of Bobby's Girl, 1985[39]
  • Angel Eyes: Illustration Book Banana Fish, 1994 (1st ed.),[40] 2018 (reprint)[41]
  • Double Helix: Illustration Book Yasha, 2003[42]

References

Literature

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