Yumi Hotta
Most often written as ほった ゆみ, born October 15, 1957 is a Japanese manga artist. Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga Hikaru no Go, which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of go in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a pick-up game of go with her father-in-law.
Yumi Hotta
- Born
- 15 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Okazaki, Japan
- Awards
- 45th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga - Hikaru no Go
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Occupation
- mangaka, writer, animator, author and illustrator.
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Most often written as ほった ゆみ, born October 15, 1957 is a Japanese manga artist. Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga Hikaru no Go, which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of go in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a pick-up game of go with her father-in-law.
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She thought that it might be fun to create a manga based on this traditional board game, and began the work under the title of Kokonotsu no Hoshi, named for the nine "star points" on a go board. She later worked with Takeshi Obata (the illustrator) and Yukari Umezawa (5-Dan, the supervisor) in the creation of Hikaru no Go. She won the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award and the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Hikaru no Go. She also had a short manga series ユート about long track speed skating that ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2005. Hotta's husband is Kiyonari Hotta, another manga artist known for manga about horse-racing. He was also well known as a contributor to the Chunichi Shimbun where he illustrated under the pen name Yumi Hotta.
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• Name Nonen — 堀田 由美 • Nonus — ja • Born — 15 October 1957 • Birthplace — Okazaki, Japan • Area — Manga artist • Notable Works — Hikaru no Go • Collaborators — Takeshi Obata • Awards — 45th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga - Hikaru no Go • Manga Artist — y
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