Yumiko Ōshima
Yumiko Ōshima is a Japanese manga artist and a member of Year 24 group.
She made her debut in 1968 with Paula's Tears in Weekly Margaret.
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, 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. She is credited with popularizing the kemonomimi character type through her creation of Chibi-neko from The Star of Cottonland.Selected works
- Paula no Namida, 1968
- Tanjō, 1970–1971
- Sakura Jikan, 1972
- Mimoza-yakata de Tsukamaete, 1973
- Joka e - An allegorical love triangle involving a boy who is accidentally transformed into a girl
- Nazuna yo Nazuna, 1974
- Ichigo Monogatari, 1975
- Freud-shiki Ranmaru, 1975
- Shichigatsu Nanoka ni, 1976
- Banana Bread no Pudding, 1977–1978 - A story about a sensitive young woman, Ira Miura, who wishes to have a gay boyfriend
- The Star of Cottonland, 1978–1987 - A story about a kitten, Chibi-neko, who thinks she is a little girl
- Akasuika Kisuika, 1979
- Kinpatsu no Sōgen, 1983
- Mainichi ga Natsuyasumi, 1989
- Koi wa Newton no Ringo, 1990
- Christmas no Kiseki, 1995
- ''Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru, 1996–ongoing
