is a Japanese

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

and a graduate of

Musashino Art University or is a private university in Kodaira, Western Tokyo, founded in 1962 with roots going back to 1929. It is known as one of the leading art universities in Japan. History In October 1929, was founded. In December 1948, it became , and in ...

. She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story , published in ''

Bessatsu Shōjo Comic , known as before 2000, is a monthly Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan. It was conceived as a or "special issue" of its sister magazine ''Shōjo Comic''. It is released on the 13th of each month. Serializations Current * '' ...

'' magazine. Yoshida is best known for the crime thriller series '' Banana Fish'', which received an

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adaptation produced by

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in 2018. She is a three time recipient of the

Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan, Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being ...

– for ''

Kisshō Tennyo is a Japanese ''shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized by Shogakukan in '' Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' between February 1983 and June 1984 and collected in four bound volumes. ''Kisshō Tennyo'' recei ...

'' in 1983 and for '' Yasha'' in 2001, both in the manga category, and for ''

Umimachi Diary is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''josei'' manga magazine '' Monthly Flowers'' from the August 2006 issue to the August 2018 issue (both sold on June 28 of their respec ...

'' in 2015 in the general manga category. In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the 11th

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for ''Umimachi Diary'', which was later adapted into a feature film titled ''

Our Little Sister is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and based on Akimi Yoshida's manga series ''Umimachi Diary''. It stars Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho and Suzu Hirose. The film follows three sisters living in Kamakura, alongside t ...

''. In 2013, she was awarded the 6th

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, again for ''Umimachi Diary''.

Works

Series

* , 1978–1981 * , 1983–1985 * , 1983–1984 * , 1985–1986 * , 1985–1994 * , 1988–1994 * , 1995–1996 * , 1996–2002 * , 2003–2005 * , 2006–2018 * , 2019–present

Short story collections

* , 1983

Anime

*, 1985, character designer

Art books

* ''California Tuning'', 1982 * ''The Making of Bobby's Girl'', 1985 * ''Angel Eyes: Illustration Book Banana Fish'', 1994 (1st ed.), 2018 (reprint) * ''Double Helix: Illustration Book Yasha'', 2003

Awards

References

External links

Official 40th anniversary blog
at '' Monthly Flowers'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshida, Akimi 1956 births Living people Female comics writers Japanese female comics artists Japanese women writers Manga artists from Tokyo Manga Taishō People from Tokyo Women manga artists