Fumi Yoshinaga

Fumi Yoshinaga
よしなが ふみ
Born (1971-10-20) 20 October 1971 (age 50)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Character design, Writer, Manga artist
AwardsTezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, Kodansha Manga Award, Shogakukan Manga Award, Japan Media Arts Festival (Excellence Prize), Sense of Gender Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award

Fumi Yoshinaga (よしなが ふみ, Yoshinaga Fumi, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works.

About

Personal

Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She attended the prestigious Keio University in Tokyo.

In an interview, she said that "I want to show the people who didn't win, whose dreams didn't come true. It is not possible for everybody to get first prize. I want my readers to understand the happiness that people can get from trying hard, going through the process, and getting frustrated."

Little is known about her personal life. She mentions that her favourite operas are those by Mozart in the author's note of Solfege.

Career

She debuted in 1994 with The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Hanaoto magazine,[citation needed] but was previously a participant in comic markets.

Of Yoshinaga's many works, several have been licensed internationally. She was also selected and exhibited as one of the "Twenty Major Manga artist Who Contributed to the World of Shōjo Manga (World War II to Present)" for Professor Masami Toku's exhibition, "Shōjo Manga: Girl Power!" at CSU-Chico.

Outside of her work with Japanese publishers, she also self-publishes original doujinshi on a regular basis, most notably for Antique Bakery. Yoshinaga has also drawn fan parodies of Slam Dunk, Rose of Versailles, and Legend of Galactic Heroes.

List of works

One-shots

  • Truly Kindly (本当に、やさしい。, Hontou ni, yasashii.)
  • Solfege (ソルフェージュ)
  • Kodomo no Taion (こどもの体温, lit. A Child's Temperature)
  • Lovers in the Night (愛とは夜に気付くもの, Ai Towa Yoru ni Kitzuku Mono)
  • Garden Dreams (彼は花園で夢を見る, Kare wa Hanazono de Yume wo Miru, lit. "He Dreams in the Flower Garden")
  • All My Darling Daughters (愛すべき娘たち, Ai Subeki Musumetachi)
  • Don't Say Anymore, Darling (それを言ったらおしまいよ, Sore wo Ittara Oshimai yo, lit. "If You Say That, It's Over")
  • Not Love but Delicious Foods (愛がなくても喰ってゆけます。, Ai ga Nakutemo Kutte Yukemasu.)
  • Shitsuji no Bunzai (執事の分際, lit. "A Butler's Place")

Series

Illustrations

Shōnen-ai novels

  • Garasu Zaiku no Tenshi (硝子細工の天使)
  • Kono Ame ga Yuki ni Kawaru Made (この雨が雪にかわるまで)
  • Baby Love (ベイビィラヴ)
  • Position (ポジション)
  • Innocent Sky (イノセント・スカイ)
  • Saginuma Yakkyoku de... (サギヌマ薬局で…)
  • Second Messenger (セカンドメッセンジャー)
  • Hanayakana Meikyū (華やかな迷宮)
  • Itsutsu no Oto (五つの音)
  • Kamakura saryou koimonogatari (鎌倉茶寮恋物語)
  • Usotsuki no Koi (嘘ツキの恋)
  • Muzai Sekai (無罪世界)

Miscellaneous

  • Manga wa Ima Dounatte Oru no ka (マンガは今どうなっておるのか) - A book about the state of manga today by famed manga scholar, Fusanosuke Natsume
  • Kore ga Watashitachi no DVD Best Selection 70 (これがワタシたちのDVDベストセレクション70) - Mag Garden
  • Motto! Kore ga Watashitachi no DVD Best Selection 70 (もっと!これがワタシたちのDVDベストセレクション70) - Mag-Garden
  • Unmeironsha Jyakku to Sono Aruji (運命論者ジャックとその主人) - New Japanese edition of Denis Diderot's Jacques the Fatalist and his Master
  • Ano hito to Koko Dake no Oshaberi (あのひととここだけのおしゃべり) - Interviews of selected manga artist

Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Notes
2002 Antique Bakery Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Won
2004 All My Darling Daughters Japan Media Arts Festival Longlisted selected as a Jury Recommended Work (Manga Division)
2005 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Sense of Gender Awards (Special Prize) Won
2006 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Japan Media Arts Festival (Excellence Award) Won
2007 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominated
2007 Antique Bakery Eisner Award (Best U.S. Edition of International Material — Japan) Nominated English-language translation by Digital Manga Publishing
2008 Flower of Life YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Won English-language translation by Digital Manga Publishing
2008 The Moon and the Sandals YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominated English-language translation by Digital Manga Publishing
2008 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Manga Taishō Nominated
2008 Flower of Life Manga Taishō Nominated
2008 What Did You Eat Yesterday? Manga Taishō Nominated
2008 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominated
2008 Eisner Award (Best Writer/Artist). Nominated
2009 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (Grand Prize) Won
2009 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers James Tiptree, Jr. Award Won English-language translation by Viz Media
2010 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Won English-language translation by Viz Media
2010 Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Shogakukan Manga Award (Shōjo) Won
2019 What Did You Eat Yesterday? Kodansha Manga Award (General) Won

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