Yumiko Ōshima

Yumiko Ōshima
Born	(1947-08-31) August 31, 1947 Otawara, Tochigi
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist

Yumiko Ōshima (大島弓子, Ōshima Yumiko, born August 31, 1947) is a female Japanese manga artist and a member of Year 24 group.^[1]^[2]

She made her debut in 1968 with Paula's Tears in Weekly Margaret.^[3]

She received the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence for Mimoza Yakata de Tsukamaete. She received the 1978 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for The Star of Cottonland,^[4] and the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award for "Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami," a short story in the ongoing series Gū-gū datte Neko de aru.^[5] She is credited with popularizing the kemonomimi (catgirl) character type through her creation of Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland.^[6]

Selected works

Paula no Namida (ポーラの涙, "Paula's Tears"), 1968
Tanjō (誕生), 1970–1971
Sakura Jikan (桜時間, "Cherry Blossom Time"), 1972
Mimoza-yakata de Tsukamaete (ミモザ館でつかまえて), 1973
Joka e ("To Joker") (1973) - An allegorical love triangle involving a boy who is accidentally transformed into a girl
Nazuna yo Nazuna (なずなよなずな), 1974
Ichigo Monogatari (いちご物語, "Strawberry Story"), 1975
Freud-shiki Ranmaru (F式蘭丸), 1975
Shichigatsu Nanoka ni (七月七日に), 1976
Banana Bread no Pudding (バナナブレッドのプディング), 1977–1978 - A story about a sensitive young woman, Ira Miura, who wishes to have a gay boyfriend
The Star of Cottonland (綿の国星, Wata no Kuni Hoshi), 1978–1987 - A story about a kitten, Chibi-neko, who thinks she is a little girl
Akasuika Kisuika (赤すいか黄すいか), 1979
Kinpatsu no Sōgen (金髪の草原), 1983
Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi (毎日が夏休み), 1989
Koi wa Newton no Ringo (恋はニュートンのリンゴ), 1990
Christmas no Kiseki (クリスマスの奇跡), 1995
Gū-gū datte Neko de aru (グーグーだって猫である), 1996–ongoing

References

↑ Thorn, Matt (2005). "A History of Manga". Animerica: Anime & Manga Monthly 4 (2,4, & 6). Retrieved 2008-01-02.
↑ Thorn, Matt (2001). "Shôjo Manga—Something for the Girls". The Japan Quarterly 48 (3). Retrieved 2008-01-02.
↑ Masanao Amano, Julius Wiedemann (2004). Manga Design. Taschen. pp. 1979–1982. ISBN 978-3-8228-2591-4.
↑ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
↑ "12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Winners Announced". Anime News Network. 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
↑ Jaqueline Berndt (1995). Phänomen Manga : Comic-Kulture in Japan (in German). Berlin: Edition q. p. 111. ISBN 3-86124-289-3.

External links

Yumiko Ōshima at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide
List of works at Mangayomi

Members of Year 24 Group

Year 24 Flower Group	Yasuko Aoike Moto Hagio Riyoko Ikeda Yumiko Ōshima Keiko Takemiya Toshie Kihara Ryoko Yamagishi Minori Kimura

Post Year 24 Group	Yasuko Sakata Shio Satō

Kodansha Manga Award – Shōjo

1970s	Haikara-san ga Tōru by Waki Yamato and Candy Candy by Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi (1977) Seito Shokun! by Yōko Shōji (1978) The Star of Cottonland by Yumiko Ōshima (1979)

1980s	Lemon Report by Mayumi Yoshida (1980) Ohayō! Spank by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi (1981) Yōkihi-den by Suzue Miuchi (1982) Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi by Ryoko Yamagishi (1983) Lady Love by Hiromu Ono (1984) Mahiro Taiken by Naomi Nishi (1985) Yūkan Club by Yukari Ichijō (1986) Nana Iro Majikku by Yū Asagiri (1987) Junjō Crazy Fruits by Akemi Matsunae (1988) Chibi Maruko-chan by Momoko Sakura and Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! by Yumiko Suzuki (1989)

1990s	Pride, Naka Marimura (1990) Eien no Nohara by Mieko Ōsaka (1991) Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa by Mariko Iwadate (1992) Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi (1993) Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite iru by Junko Karube (1994) Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku by Mari Ozawa (1995) A Gentle Breeze in the Village by Fusako Kuramochi (1996) Eight Clouds Rising by Natsumi Itsuki (1997) Kodocha by Miho Obana (1998) Peach Girl by Miwa Ueda (1999)

2000s	Guru Guru Pon-chan by Satomi Ikezawa (2000) Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya (2001) Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga (2002) Honey and Clover by Chica Umino and Tramps Like Us by Yayoi Ogawa (2003) Nodame Cantabile by Tomoko Ninomiya (2004) Hey Pitan! by Risa Itō and A Perfect Day for Love Letters by George Asakura (2005) Life by Keiko Suenobu (2006) IS by Chiyo Rokuhana (2007) Kimi ni Todoke by Karuho Shiina (2008) Kiyoku Yawaku by Ryo Ikuemi (2009)

2010s	Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura (2010) Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu (2011) Shitsuren Chocolatier by Setona Mizushiro (2012) My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara (2013) Taiyō no Ie by Ta'amo (2014) Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu by Tsunami Umino (2015)

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Grand Prize

1990s	Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon (1997) Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (1998) Naoki Urasawa for Monster (1999)

2000s	Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (2000) Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (2001) Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond (2002) Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A Friend Named Jacques Thibault (2003) Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter (2004) Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (2005) Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary (2006) Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (2007) Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon (2008) Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (2009)

2010s	Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono (2010) Motoka Murakami for Jin and Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai (2011) Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie (2012) Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom (2013) Chica Umino for March Comes in Like a Lion (2014)

Special
Award

1990s	Toshio Naiki (1997) Shotaro Ishinomori (1998) Fusanosuke Natsume (1999)

2000s	Frederik L. Schodt (2000) Akira Maruyuma (2001) Shigeru Mizuki (2003) Tarō Minamoto (2004) Kawasaki City Museum (2005) Kousei Ono (2006) International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (2008)

2010s	Yoshihiro Yonezawa (2010) Weekly Shōnen Jump (2012) Fujiko Fujio (A) (2014)

Award for
Excellence

Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns (1997)
Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (1998)
Akira Sasō for Shindō (1999)
Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head (2000)
Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep (2001)
Kentaro Miura for Berserk (2002)

Creative
Award

Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go (2003)
Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (2004)
Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2005)
Asa Higuchi for Big Windup! (2006)
Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (2007)
Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei (2008)

New Artist
Prize

Suehiro Maruo for The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2009)
Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta (2010)
Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist (2011)
Yu Itō for Shut Hell (2012)
Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann! (2013)
Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kamisama (2014)

Short Story
Award

Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (2003)
Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron (2004)
Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan (2005)
Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Hey Pitan! , Onna no Mado (2006)
Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet (2007)
Yumiko Ōshima for Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami (2008)
Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men (2009)
Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae (2010)
Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai (2011)
Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi (2012)
Yoshiie Gōda for Love of Machine (2013)
Yuki Shikawa for Onnoji (2014)

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