Yuki Kodama (Japanese: 小玉 ユキ, Hepburn: Kodama Yuki) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the creator of the manga series Kids on the Slope, for which she won a Shogakukan Manga Award in 2011.
Yuki Kodama | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 26 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Manga artist |
| Awards | Shogakukan Manga Award |
Biography
editKodama was born on September 26 in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.[1] She made her debut as a manga artist in 2000, with her series Zakuro (柘榴) published in Cutie Comic, a manga magazine published by Takarajimasha.[2] Kodama would go on to publish several short-form works in Cutie Comic and Vanilla, a manga magazine published by Kodansha, in the early- to mid-2000s.[3]
Kodama is best known for her manga series Kids on the Slope, which was serialized in the manga magazine Monthly Flowers from 2007 to 2012.[4] The series, which Kodama based on her own experience growing up in Sasebo, was the top-ranked manga for women in the 2009 edition of Takarajimasha's annual Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings[5] and won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2012 for general manga.[6] In 2012, Kids on the Slope was adapted into a television anime series by director Shinichirō Watanabe.[4]
Following Kids on the Slope, Kodama's wrote the manga series Tsukikage Baby, a drama focused on events in a traditional Japanese town from the perspectives of several different families. The series, which was published from 2013 to 2017 in Monthly Flowers;[7][8] was one of the top ranked manga for women in the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings.[9] Her next series Chiisako no Niwa, also published in Monthly Flowers, ran from 2017 to 2018,[10][11] and placed eighth in the 2019 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings.[12] Her most recent work, Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori, has been published in Monthly Flowers since 2018.[13]
Works
editOngoing series
edit- Hagoromo Mishin (published in Monthly Flowers, 2007)[14]
- Kids on the Slope (published in Monthly Flowers, 2007 – 2012)[4]
- Tsukikage Baby (published in Monthly Flowers, 2013 – 2017)[7][8]
- Chiisako no Niwa (published in Monthly Flowers, 2017 – 2018)[10][11]
- Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori (published in Monthly Flowers, 2018 – 2022)[13]
- Wolf's Daughter: A Werewolf's Tale (published in Monthly Flowers, 2022 – present)
One-Shots
edit- Zakuro (published in Cutie Comic, 2000)[2]
- Hōsekibako no Ningyo (published in Yawaraka Spirits, 2013)[15]
- Underground (published in Zōkan Flowers, 2014)[16]
Awards
edit| Year | Nominated work | Category | Award | Result | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kids on the Slope | Female Readers | Kono Manga ga Sugoi! | Won | [5] | |
| 2011 | Kids on the Slope | General | Shogakukan Manga Award | Won | [6] | |
| 2014 | Tsukikage Baby | Female Readers | Kono Manga ga Sugoi! | Third Place | [9] | |
| 2019 | Chiisako no Niwa | Eighth Place | [12] | |||
| 2024 | Wolf's Daughter: A Werewolf's Tale | Eighth Place | [17] |
References
edit- ^ 佐世保が舞台の漫画: 坂道のアポロ (PDF) (in Japanese). Sasebo Department of Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b "Comments". Kids on the Slope Official Website. FujiTV. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Kodama Yuki". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 30, 2012). "Sakamichi no Apollon Manga Gets Spinoff Series in March". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Kids on the Slope". Toho. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ a b Loo, Egan (January 23, 2012). "Inazuma Eleven, Apollon Win Shogakukan Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Loveridge, Lynzee (October 24, 2012). "Kids on the Slope's Kodama Launches Tsukikage Baby Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Mateo, Alex (December 10, 2016). "Kids on the Slope's Kodama Ends Tsukikage Baby Manga in 9th Volume". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Nelkin, Sarah (December 9, 2013). "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 28, 2017). "Shogakukan Reveals Details For Yuki Kodama's New Manga Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 28, 2017). "Kids on the Slope's Yuki Kodama Ends Chiisako no Niwa Manga Before New Series in March". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 10, 2018). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Female Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 1, 2018). "Shogakukan Reveals Visual, Title for Yuki Kodama's New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "羽衣ミシン". Shogakukan (in Japanese). Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Loo, Egan (September 7, 2013). "Kids on the Slope's Kodama Draws 'Hōsekibako no Ningyo' 1-Shot Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Loo, Egan (February 22, 2014). "Kids on the Slope's Kodama Draws 'Underground' Manga One-Shot". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio; Cayanan, Joanna (December 11, 2023). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2024 Rankings (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website (defunct; link via Internet Archive)
- Yuki Kodama at Shogakukan
- Yuki Kodama on Twitter
- Yuki Kodama at Anime News Network's encyclopedia