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

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

adaptation produced by MAPPA 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 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 given since ...

– for '' Kisshō Tennyo'' in 1983 and for '' Yasha'' in 2001, both in the manga category, and for '' Umimachi Diary'' in 2015 in the general manga category. In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the 11th

Japan Media Arts Festival The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition. Based on judging by a ...

for ''Umimachi Diary'', which was later adapted into a feature film titled '' Our Little Sister''. In 2013, she was awarded the 6th

Manga Taishō The is a Japanese comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer collected volumes in length. The Manga Taishō was founded with the aim of re ...

, 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