is a Japanese

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and writer, best known for her

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series '' A Silent Voice'' and ''

To Your Eternity is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from November 2016 to June 2025, with individual chapters collected by Kodansha in 24 volumes as of April 2025. The st ...

''.

Life

Ōima was born on March 15, 1989, in

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, Japan, as the third daughter of a sign language interpreter mother and has an older sister and an older brother. Due to her mother's work as a sign language interpreter Ōima was inspired to write the ''A Silent Voice'' manga series where she got help by her mother and her sister working on the series. Her first manga was Mardock Scramble which was an adaptation of the same-named novel written by

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and was released in 2009. She was also responsible for an illustration of the ending sequence of the ninth episode of

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...

. After her success with ''A Silent Voice'' Yoshitoki Ōima worked alongside other manga artists on a collaboration manga called Ore no 100-wame!!. In 2016 Yoshitoki Ōima released her third full manga series under the moniker ''

''. In 2015, Yoshitoki Ōima won the New Creator Prize for ''A Silent Voice'' at the

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

. ''A Silent Voice ''was nominated for an

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a year later, the Rudolf-Dirks-Award and the

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in 2017 and 2018. In 2018 she won at French

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the Daruma d′Or Manga for ''A Silent Voice'' and the Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for ''

''.

Works

* '' Mardock Scramble'' (2009–2012; serialized in ''

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'') * '' A Silent Voice'' (2013–2014; serialized in ''

Weekly Shōnen Magazine is a weekly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published on Wednesdays in Japan by Kodansha, first published on March 17, 1959. The magazine is mainly read by an older audience, with a significant portion of its readership falling under the male high ...

'') * ''Ore no 100-wame!!'' (2015; alongside other manga artists) * ''

'' (2016–2025; serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'')

Accolades

** 2015: ''New Creator Prize'' for ''A Silent Voice'' (won) *

Manga Taishō The is a Japanese List of comics awards, comics award recognizing achievement in manga. It is awarded annually to a manga series published in the previous calendar year of eight or fewer Tankōbon, collected volumes in length. The Manga Taish� ...

** 2015: ''Manga'' for ''A Silent Voice'' (''nominated'') ** 2018: ''Manga'' for ''To Your Eternity'' (''nominated'') *

Eisner Awards The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred ...

** 2016: ''

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'' for ''A Silent Voice'' (''nominated'') * Rudolf-Dirks-Awards ** 2017: ''Best Scenario (Asia)'' for ''A Silent Voice'' (won) *

** 2018: for ''A Silent Voice'' (''nominated'') *

** 2018: ''Daruma d′Or Manga'' for ''A Silent Voice'' (won) ** 2018: ''Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série'' for

(won)

Notes

External links

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encyclopaedia
Yoshitoki Ōima
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in

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