Yoshitoki Ōima

Japanese manga artist (b. 1989)

Yoshitoki Ōima
大今良時
Born	(1989-03-15) March 15, 1989 (age 35) Ōgaki, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Manga artist
Known for	A Silent Voice To Your Eternity

Yoshitoki Ōima (大今良時, Ōima Yoshitoki, born March 15, 1989) is a Japanese manga artist and writer, best known for her manga series A Silent Voice and To Your Eternity.

Life

Ōima was born on March 15, 1989, in Ōgaki, Japan, as the third daughter of a sign language interpreter mother and has an older sister and an older brother. Due to her mother's work as a sign language interpreter Ōima was inspired to write the A Silent Voice manga series where she got help by her mother and her sister working on the series.^[1]^[2]

Her first manga was Mardock Scramble which was an adaptation of the same-named novel written by Tow Ubukata and was released in 2009.^[2] She was also responsible for an illustration of the ending sequence of the ninth episode of Attack on Titan.^[3] After her success with A Silent Voice Yoshitoki Ōima worked alongside other manga artists on a collaboration manga called Ore no 100-wame!!. In 2016 Yoshitoki Ōima released her third full manga series under the moniker To Your Eternity.

In 2015 , Yoshitoki Ōima won the New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.^[4] A Silent Voice was nominated for an Eisner Award a year later,^[5] the Rudolf-Dirks-Award and the Max & Moritz Prize in 2017 and 2018.^[6]^[7] In 2018 she won at French Japan Expo the Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice and the Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity.^[8]

Works

Mardock Scramble (2009–2012; serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine)
A Silent Voice (2013–2014; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
Ore no 100-wame!! (2015; alongside other manga artists)
To Your Eternity (2016–present; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)

Accolades

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize^[4]
- 2015: New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice (won)
Manga Taishō^[9]
- 2015: Manga for A Silent Voice (nominated)
- 2018: Manga for To Your Eternity (nominated)^[10]
Eisner Awards^[5]
- 2016: Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for A Silent Voice (nominated)
Rudolf-Dirks-Awards^[6]
- 2017: Best Scenario (Asia) for A Silent Voice (won)
Max & Moritz Prize^[7]
- 2018: for A Silent Voice (nominated)
Japan Expo^[8]
- 2018: Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice (won)
- 2018: Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity (won)

Notes

^ "Im Interview mit Yoshitoki Ōima" (in German). Egmont Manga. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ ^a ^b Misaki C. Kido (2016-06-07). "Interview: Yoshitoki Oima on A Silent Voice". Kodansha. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ Scott Green (2013-06-13). "VIDEO: A Final Look Back at "Attack on Titan" End Cards". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ ^a ^b Chrystalyn Hodgkins (2015-03-30). "Aisawa Riku Manga Wins 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Top Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
^ ^a ^b Michael Cavna (2016-04-16). "2016 Eisner Awards: 'The Oscars of comics' announces record number of nominations for women". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
^ ^a ^b "Rudolph Dirks Award für grafische Literatur vergeben". Börsenblatt (in German). 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
^ ^a ^b ""Max und Moritz" Award 2018" (in German). Comic-salon.de. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
^ ^a ^b "Daruma 2018 : les lauréats manga" (in French). Japan Expo. 2018-02-22. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ Egan Loo (2015-01-18). "8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
^ Rafael Antonio Pineda (2018-01-22). "11th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 12 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-01-15.

External links

Yoshitoki Ōima in the Anime News Network encyclopaedia
Yoshitoki Ōima at AniSearch (in German)
Interview in Le Monde (in French)

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Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Grand Prize

1990s	Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon (1997) Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (1998) Naoki Urasawa for Monster (1999)
2000s	Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (2000) Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (2001) Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond (2002) Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A Friend Named Jacques Thibault (2003) Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter (2004) Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (2005) Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary (2006) Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (2007) Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon (2008) Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (2009)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono (2010) Motoka Murakami for Jin and Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai (2011) Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie (2012) Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom (2013) Chica Umino for March Comes In like a Lion (2014) Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku (2015) Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku and Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba&! (2016) Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Somu (2017) Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy (2018) Shinobu Arima for Jitterbug The Forties (2019)
2020s	Kan Takahama for Nyx no Lantern (2020) Kazumi Yamashita for Land (2021) Uoto for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2022) Kiwa Irie for Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito (2023) Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for PLINIVS (2024)

Special
Award

1990s	Toshio Naiki (1997) Shotaro Ishinomori (1998) Fusanosuke Natsume (1999)
2000s	Frederik L. Schodt (2000) Akira Maruyuma (2001) Shigeru Mizuki (2003) Tarō Minamoto (2004) Kawasaki City Museum (2005) Kousei Ono (2006) International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (2008)
2010s	Yoshihiro Yonezawa (2010) Weekly Shōnen Jump (2012) Fujiko Fujio (A) (2014) Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (2015) Kyoto International Manga Museum (2016) Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2017) Tetsuya Chiba for Ashita no Joe (2018) Takao Saito for Golgo 13 (2019)
2020s	Machiko Hasegawa for Sazae-san (2020) Koyoharu Gotouge for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021) Kazuo Umezu for Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan (2023) COMITIA (2024)

Award for
Excellence

Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns (1997)
Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (1998)
Akira Sasō for Shindō (1999)
Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head (2000)
Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep (2001)
Kentaro Miura for Berserk (2002)

Creative
Award

Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go (2003)
Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (2004)
Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2005)
Asa Higuchi for Big Windup! (2006)
Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (2007)
Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei (2008)

New Artist
Prize

Suehiro Maruo for The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2009)
Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta (2010)
Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist (2011)
Yu Itō for Shut Hell (2012)
Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann! (2013)
Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2014)
Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice (2015)
Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai (2016)
Haruko Kumota for Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017)
Paru Itagaki for Beastars (2018)
Sansuke Yamada for Areyo Hoshikuzu (2019)
Rettō Tajima for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru (2020)
Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2021)
Natsuko Taniguchi for Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo (2022)
Ganpu for Danchōtei Nichijō (2023)
Akihito Sakaue for Kanda Gokura-chō Shokunin-Banashi (2024)

Short Story
Award

Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (2003)
Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron (2004)
Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan (2005)
Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Hey Pitan!, Onna no Mado (2006)
Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet (2007)
Yumiko Ōshima for Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami (2008)
Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men (2009)
Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae (2010)
Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai (2011)
Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi (2012)
Yoshiie Gōda for Love of Machine (2013)
Yuki Shikawa for Onnoji (2014)
Sensha Yoshida (2015)
Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen (2016)
Kahoru Fukaya for Yomawari Neko (2017)
Taro Yabe for Oya-san to Boku (2018)
Ken Koyama for Little Miss P (2019)
Yama Wayama for Captivated, by You (2020)
Hiroko Nobara for Kieta Mama Tomo and Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen (2021)
Izumi Okaya for Ii Toshi o and Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai (2022)
Ebine Yamaji for Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa (2023)
Miri Masuda for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō (2024)

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1970s	Black Jack and The Three-Eyed One by Osamu Tezuka (1977) Football Hawk by Noboru Kawasaki (1978) Tonda Couple by Kimio Yanagisawa (1979)
1980s	Susano Oh by Gō Nagai (1980) Sanshirō of 1, 2 by Makoto Kobayashi (1981) Gakuto Retsuden by Motoka Murakami (1982) The Kabocha Wine by Mitsuru Miura (1983) Bats & Terry by Yasuichi Ōshima (1984) Bari Bari Densetsu by Shuichi Shigeno (1985) Kōtarō Makaritōru! by Tatsuya Hiruta (1986) Ironfist Chinmi by Takeshi Maekawa (1987) Mister Ajikko by Daisuke Terasawa (1988) Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu by Toshiyuki Mutsu (1989)
1990s	Shura no Mon by Masatoshi Kawahara (1990) Hajime no Ippo by George Morikawa (1991) Kaze Hikaru: Koshien by Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami (1992) 3×3 Eyes by Yuzo Takada (1993) Shoot! by Tsukasa Ōshima (1994) The Kindaichi Case Files by Yōzaburō Kanari and Fumiya Satō (1995) Shōta no Sushi by Daisuke Terasawa (1996) Ryūrōden by Yoshito Yamahara (1997) Great Teacher Onizuka by Tooru Fujisawa (1998) Chameleon by Toshiyuki Mutsu (1999)
2000s	Shōbushi Densetsu Tetsuya by Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino (2000) Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu (2001) Cromartie High School by Eiji Nonaka and Beck by Harold Sakuishi (2002) Kunimitsu no Matsuri, by Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki (2003) Shana Ō Yoshitsune by Hirofumi Sawada (2004) Capeta by Masahito Soda (2005) Air Gear by Oh! great (2006) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei by Kōji Kumeta and Dear Boys Act II by Hiroki Yagami (2007) Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu by Motoyuki Tanaka (2008) Q.E.D. by Motohiro Katou and Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima (2009)
2010s	Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima (2010) Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama (2011) Those Snow White Notes by Marimo Ragawa (2012) Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa (2013) Baby Steps by Hikaru Katsuki (2014) The Seven Deadly Sins by Nakaba Suzuki and Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe (2015) Days by Tsuyoshi Yasuda (2016) Altair: A Record of Battles by Kotono Katō (2017) Beastars by Paru Itagaki (2018) The Quintessential Quintuplets by Negi Haruba and To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Ōima (2019)
2020s	Tokyo Revengers by Ken Wakui (2020) Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura (2021) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime by Fuse and Taiki Kawakami (2022) Shangri-La Frontier by Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji (2023) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe (2024)