Akimi Yoshida

Akimi Yoshida
吉田秋生
Born August 12, 1956
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Writer, Manga artist
Notable works
Kisshō Tennyo
Sakura no Sono
Banana Fish
Umimachi Diary

Akimi Yoshida (吉田 秋生 Yoshida Akimi, born August 12, 1956) is a Japanese manga artist.

Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shōjo, for Kisshō Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002.[1] In 2007, she received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for Umimachi Diary.

Works

References

  1. 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-19.

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