 Akimi Yoshida

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 "Kisshō Tennyo" in 1983 and for "Yasha" in 2001, both in the "shōjo" manga category, and for "Umimachi Diary" in 2015 in the general manga category.