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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
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| notable works = ''[[Hikaru no Go]]''
| collaborators  = [[Takeshi Obata]]
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{{nihongo|'''Yumi Hotta'''|堀田 由美|Hotta Yumi|most often written as ほった ゆみ, born October 15, 1957}} is a Japanese [[Mangaka|manga artist]].
Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'', which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of [[go (board game)|go]]  in Japan. 

The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a [[pick-up game]] of go with her father-in-law. She thought that it might be fun to create a manga based on this traditional board game, and began the work under the title of {{nihongo|Nine Stars|九つの星|Kokonotsu no Hoshi}}, named for the nine "star points" on a go board. She later worked with [[Takeshi Obata]] (the illustrator) and [[Yukari Umezawa]] (5-[[Dan rank|Dan]], the supervisor) in the creation of ''Hikaru no Go''. She won the 2000 [[Shogakukan Manga Award]]<ref name="ShogakukanAward">{{cite web|url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 |publisher=Shogakukan |language=ja |access-date=2007-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094941/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> and the 2003 [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] for ''Hikaru no Go''.

She also had a short manga series {{nihongo|''Yūto''|[[:ja:ユート (漫画)|ユート]]}} about [[long track speed skating]] that ran in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' in 2005.

Hotta's husband is {{nihongo|Kiyonari Hotta|堀田 清成|Hotta Kiyonari}}, another manga artist known for manga about horse-racing. He was also well known as a contributor to the [[Chunichi Shimbun]] where he illustrated under the pen name {{nihongo|Yumi Hotta|ほった ゆみ|Hotta Yumi}}.

== See also ==
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{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōnen}}
{{Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize}}
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