Fumi Yoshinaga

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Fumi Yoshinaga (よしながふみ Yoshinaga Fumi?, born 1971 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese mangaka, known for her shōjo and boys' love works. She attended the prestigious Keio University in Tokyo. Yoshinaga debuted in 1994 with Tsuki to sandaru, serialized in Hanaoto magazine. Of Yoshinaga's many works, several have been licensed internationally. She was also selected and exhibited as one of the "Twenty Major Mangaka Who Contributed to the World of Shojo Manga (World War II to Present)" for Professor Masami Toku's exhibition, "Shojo Manga: Girl Power!" at CSU-Chico. Outside of her work with Japanese publishers, she also self-publishes original doujinshi on a regular basis, most notably for Antique Bakery. Yoshinaga has also drawn fan parodies of Slam Dunk, Rose of Versailles, and Legend of Galactic Heroes. Although little is known about Yoshinaga's personal life, she mentions that her favourite operas are those by Mozart in the author's note to Solfege.

Contents

[edit] List of works

  • The Moon and the Sandals (月とサンダル Tsuki to Sandaru?)
  • Truly Kindly (本当に、やさしい。 Hontou ni, yasashii.?)
  • The First Class Is Civil Law (1限めはやる気の民法 Ichigenme wa yaruki no minpō?)
  • Solfege (ソルフェージュ?)
  • Kodomo no taion (こどもの体温? lit. A Child's Temperature)
  • Lovers in the Night (愛とは夜に気付くもの Ai towa yoru ni kidzuku mono?)
  • Garden Dreams (彼は花園で夢を見る Kare wa hanazono de yume wo miru?, lit. "He Dreams in the Flower Garden")
  • Gerard & Jacques (ジェラールとジャック Gerard to Jacques?)
  • Antique Bakery (西洋骨董洋菓子店 Seiyō kotto yōgashiten?)
  • Aisubeki musumetachi (愛すべき娘たち? lit. "All My Darling Daughters")
  • Don't Say Anymore Darling (それを言ったらおしまいよ Sore wo ittara oshimai yo?, lit. "If You Say That, It's Over")
  • Flower of Life (フラワー・オブ・ライフ?)
  • Ai ga nakutemo kutteyukemasu (愛がなくても喰ってゆけます?)
  • Ōoku (大奥? lit. "The Shogun's Harem")
  • Shitsuji no bunzai (執事の分際? lit. "A Butler's Place")
  • Kinou nani tabeta? (きのう何食べた？? lit. "What Did You Eat Yesterday?")

[edit] Illustration Credits

Boys' Love novels
  • Garasuzaiku tenshi (硝子細工の天使?)
  • Kono ame ga yuki ni kawaru made (この雨が雪にかわるまで?)
  • Babylove (ベイビィラヴ?)
  • Position (ポジション?)
  • Innocent Sky (イノセント・スカイ?)
  • Saginuma yakkyoku de... (サギヌマ薬局で…?)
  • Second Messenger (セカンドメッセンジャー?)
  • Hanayakana meikyuu 1-4 (華やかな迷宮?)
  • Itsutsu no oto (五つの音?)
  • Kamakura saryou koimonogatari (鎌倉茶寮恋物語?)
  • Usotsuki no koi (嘘ツキの恋?)
  • Muzai sekai (無罪世界?)
Miscellaneous
  • Manga wa ima dou natteorunoka (マンガは今どうなっておるのか?) – A book about the state of manga today by famed manga scholar, NATSUME Fusanosuke
  • Kore ga watashitachi no DVD best selection 70 (これがワタシたちのDVDベストセレクション70?) – Mag-Garden
  • Motto! Kore ga watashitachi no DVD best selection 70 (もっと！これがワタシたちのDVDベストセレクション70?) – Mag-Garden
  • Unmeironsha Jyakku to sono aruji (運命論者ジャックとその主人?) – new Japanese edition of Denis Diderot's Jacques the Fatalist and his Master
  • Ano hito to koko dake no oshaberi (あのひととここだけのおしゃべり?) – Yoshinaga interviews a selection of other mangaka

[edit] US license list

[license announcement date: US title, US publisher]

  • October 2004: Antique Bakery, Digital Manga Publishing
  • February 2006: Gerard & Jacques, BLU Manga
  • July 2006: Solfege, Digital Manga Publishing
  • July 2006: The Moon and the Sandals, Digital Manga Publishing
  • August 2006: Flower of Life, Digital Manga Publishing
  • October 2006: The First Class Is Civil Law, 801 Media, Inc.
  • December 2006 (confirmed during the New York Comic Con '07): Lovers in the Night, BLU Manga
  • December 2006 (confirmed during the New York Comic Con '07): Truly Kindly, BLU Manga
  • February 2007: Don't Say Anymore Darling, Juné
  • March 2007: Garden Dreams, Digital Manga Publishing

[edit] Awards

  • Antique Bakery was the winner of the 26th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo manga category for 2002.[1]
  • Ōoku won a special prize at The Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy's fifth annual Sense of Gender awards in 2005.
  • Ōoku won an Excellence Award for manga at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival.
  • Ōoku was nominated for the eleventh annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in April 2007.
  • Antique Bakery, as released in the US by Digital Manga Publishing, was nominated for a 2007 Eisner Award in a new category devoted to Japanese works entitled "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan."
  • The first volume of the Digital Manga Publishing version of The Moon and the Sandals was nominated for inclusion in the 2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list by Yalsa (August 2007).
  • Ōoku, Flower of Life and Kinou nani tabeta? were nominated for the inaugural Manga Taisho ("Cartoon Grand Prize") award in January 2008. [2]
  • Ōoku was nominated for the twelfth annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in March 2008.
  • Fumi Yoshinaga was nominated for the Best Writer/Artist award in the 2008 Eisner Awards in April 2008.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Joel Hahn. Kodansha Manga Awards. Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
  2. ^ ManTai. Manga Taisho 2008 Nomination Announcement!. ManTai Official Blog. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  3. ^ Comic-Con International. 2008 Eisner Awards: 2008 Eisner Nominations Most Diverse Yet. Comic-Con International Official Site. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.

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