Akimi Yoshida

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox comics creator Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga artist.

Career

She is a graduate of Musashino Art University.^[1] She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story Template:Nihongo, 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.

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.^[4]

Style

While publishing mainly in [[Shōjo manga|Template:Lang 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."

Reception

She is a three time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award – for Kisshō Tennyo in 1983 and for Yasha in 2001, both in the Template:Lang 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.

Awards

List of Akimi Yoshida's awards and nominations
Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Notes	Ref.
1983	29th Shogakukan Manga Award	[[Shōjo manga\|Template:Lang]]	Template:Lang and Template:Lang	Template:Won	Results announced in early 1984	^[7]
2001	47th Shogakukan Manga Award	Template:Lang	Yasha	Template:Won	Results announced in early 2002	^[7]
2002	6th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division	Jury Selections	Yasha	Template:Longlisted	Recommended by the jury	^[8]
2006	10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize	Grand Prize	Eve no Nemuri	Template:Nom	Came in seventh place in the initial vote	^[9]
2007	11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division	Excellence Award	Umimachi Diary	Template:Won		^[10]^[11]
2008	1st Manga Taishō	Template:Sdash	Umimachi Diary	Template:Nom	Came in third place with 42 points	^[12]^[13]
2008	12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize	Grand Prize	Umimachi Diary	Template:Nom	Came in second place in the initial vote	^[14]^[15]
2009	13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize	Grand Prize	Umimachi Diary	Template:Nom	Tied for first place in the initial vote	^[16]^[17]
2011	15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize	Grand Prize	Umimachi Diary	Template:Dropped	Tied for first place in the initial vote; Yoshida declined the nomination	^[18]
2013	6th Manga Taishō	Template:Sdash	Umimachi Diary	Template:Won		^[19]
2015	61st Shogakukan Manga Award	General	Umimachi Diary	Template:Won	Results announced in January 2016	^[20]
2019	23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize	Grand Prize	Umimachi Diary	Template:Nom	Came in second place in the initial vote	^[21]^[22]

Works

Series

Title	Year	Notes	Refs
Template:Nihongo	1978–1981	Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic Published by Shogakukan in 8 vol.	^[23]
Template:Nihongo	1983–1985	Serialized in Petit Flower Published by Shogakukan in 2 vol.	^[24]
Template:Nihongo	1983–1984	Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic Published by Shogakukan in 4 vol.	^[25]
Template:Nihongo	1985–1986	Serialized in LaLa Published by Hakusensha in 1 vol.	^[26]
Template:Nihongo	1985–1994	Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic Published by Shogakukan in 19 vol.	^[27]
Template:Nihongo	1988–1994	Published in 1 vol.	^[28]
Template:Nihongo	1995–1996	Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic Published by Shogakukan in 2 vol.	^[29]
Template:Nihongo	1996–2002	Serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and Flowers Published by Shogakukan in 12 vol.	^[30]
Template:Nihongo	2003–2005	Serialized in Flowers Published by Shogakukan in 5 vol.	^[31]
Template:Nihongo	2006–2018	Serialized in Flowers Published by Shogakukan in 9 vol.	^[32]
Template:Nihongo	2019–present	Serialized in Flowers Published by Shogakukan in 3 vol. (as of March 2024)	^[33]^[34]

Short story collections

Template:Nihongo, 1983

Anime

Template:Nihongo, 1985, character designer^[35]

Art books

California Tuning, 1982^[36]
The Making of Bobby's Girl, 1985^[37]
Angel Eyes: Illustration Book Banana Fish, 1994 (1st ed.),^[38] 2018 (reprint)^[39]
Double Helix: Illustration Book Yasha, 2003^[40]

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