is a Japanese manga artist and a graduate of Musashino Art University. She made her professional debut in 1977 with the short story , published in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic magazine. 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 manga category, and for Umimachi Diary in 2015 in the general manga 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 Taishō, again for Umimachi Diary.
Works
Series
, 1978–1981
, 1983–1985
, 1983–1984
, 1985–1986
, 1985–1994
, 1988–1994
, 1995–1996
, 1996–2002
, 2003–2005
, 2006–2018
, 2019–present
Short story collections
, 1983
Anime
, 1985, character designer
Art books
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