Akimi Yoshida
Akimi Yoshida is a Japanese manga artist and a graduate of Musashino Art University. She made her professional debut in 1977 in Shogakukan's Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine with her short story Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin.
Yoshida is best known for the crime thriller series Banana Fish, which received an anime adaptation produced by MAPPA in 2018.
She is a three time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award – for Kisshō Tennyo in 1983 and for Yasha in 2001, both in the shōjo 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 for Umimachi Diary, which was later adapted into a feature film titled Our Little Sister. In 2013, she was awarded the 6th Manga Taishō Award, again for Umimachi Diary.Works
- Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin, 1977
- California Story, 1978–1981
- Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni, 1983–1985
- Kisshō Tennyo, 1983–1984
- Sakura no Sono, 1985–1986
- Banana Fish, 1985–1994
- Lovers' Kiss, 1995–1996
- Yasha, 1996–2002
- Eve no Nemuri, 2003–2005
- Umimachi Diary, 2006–2018
- Utagawa Hyakkei'', 2019–present
Art books
- California Tuning, 1982
- The Making of Bobby's Girl, 1985
- Angel Eyes: Illustration Book Banana Fish, 1994 ; 2018
- Double Helix: Illustration Book Yasha, 2003
