Akimi Yoshida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Akimi Yoshida

manga author

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1956

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: writer, mangaka, illustrator

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Akimi Yoshida (?? ??, Yoshida Akimi, born August 12, 1956) is a Japanese manga artist and a graduate of Musashino Art University.
She made her professional debut in 1977 in Shogakukan's Bessatsu Shojo Comic magazine with her short story Chotto Fushigi na Geshukunin (lit.
"A Slightly Strange Neighbor").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 Kissho Tennyo in 1983 and for Yasha in 2001, both in the Shojo category, and for Umimachi Diary in 2015 in the General 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 Taisho Award, again for Umimachi Diary.