Akimi Yoshida

• California Tuning, 1982 • The Making of Bobby's Girl, 1985 • Angel Eyes: Illustration Book Banana Fish, 1994 (1st ed.), 2018 (reprint) • Double Helix: Illustration Book Yasha, 2003

She is a three time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award – for Kisshō Tennyo in 1983 and for Yasha in 2001, both in the ja-Latn manga category, and for Umimachi Diary in 2015 in the general manga category. In 2002, Yasha was among the jury-selected works at the Japan Media Arts Festival 2002. 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, again for Umimachi Diary. Despite her work being solely published in shōjo manga magazines, she also has a broad readership among fans of shōnen manga.

List of Akimi Yoshida's awards and nominations • Year — Award — Category — Nominated work — Result — Notes — Ref. Reference • 1983 — data-sort-value="Shogakukan Manga Award" | 29th Shogakukan Manga Award — ja-Latn — Kisshō Tennyo and Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni — Results announced in early 1984 • 2001 — data-sort-value="Shogakukan Manga Award" | 47th Shogakukan Manga Award — ja-Latn — Yasha — Results announced in early 2002 • 2002 — data-sort-value="Japan Media Arts Festival" | 6th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division — Jury Selections — Yasha — Recommended by the jury • 2006 — data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 10th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize — Grand Prize — Eve no Nemuri — Came in seventh place in the initial vote • 2007 — data-sort-value="Japan Media Arts Festival" | 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, Manga Division — Excellence Award — Umimachi Diary • 2008 — data-sort-value="Manga Taishō" | 1st Manga Taishō — Umimachi Diary — Came in third place with 42 points • data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize — Grand Prize — Umimachi Diary — Came in second place in the initial vote • 2009 — data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize — Grand Prize — Umimachi Diary — Tied for first place in the initial vote • 2011 — data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize — Grand Prize — Umimachi Diary — Nomination declined — Tied for first place in the initial vote; Yoshida declined the nomination • 2013 — data-sort-value="Manga Taishō" | 6th Manga Taishō — Umimachi Diary • 2015 — data-sort-value="Shogakukan Manga Award" | 61st Shogakukan Manga Award — General — Umimachi Diary — Results announced in January 2016 • 2019 — data-sort-value="Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize" | 23rd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize — Grand Prize — Umimachi Diary — Came in second place in the initial vote

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