Sense of Gender Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2011) grand prize
Yumiko Kawahara
かわはら ゆみこ
Kawahara Yumiko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960-04-20 （Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Hokuto, Hokkaido (birthplace) → Tokyo, Japan (raised)
Career
- Occupations
- manga artist, comic artist
- Active Years
- 1978-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Shogakukan Manga Award | Zenryaku Milk House | 少女部門 | Shogakukan | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Sense of Gender Award | Naname no Ongaku I / Naname no Ongaku II | 大賞 | Gender SF Study Group | 受賞 |
Shogakukan Manga Award
1985
Work:
Zenryaku Milk House
Category:
少女部門
Organization:
Shogakukan
Result:
受賞
Sense of Gender Award
2011
Work:
Naname no Ongaku I / Naname no Ongaku II
Category:
大賞
Organization:
Gender SF Study Group
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Zenryaku Milk House
1983 shoujo mangaA representative work containing linked short stories where everyday life and the fantastic intersect. It delicately depicts girls' emotions and complex relationships.
adolescencereality vs. fantasy
Wind's Dropped Things
1979 shoujo mangaKawahara's first serialized work. It unfolds stories with a poetic, slightly fantastical atmosphere.
fantasyyouth
KNOCK!
1980 shoujo mangaOne of her serialized works in Weekly Shoujo Comic, portraying interpersonal relationships and youth ensemble.
friendshipcoming of age
Scramble Game
1981 shoujo mangaA multi-issue serialized story that briskly depicts young people's struggles and romantic entanglements.
romanceconflict
Naname no Ongaku
1990 short stories/seriesA series including original concepts with Michiaki Sato. Serialized in Nemuki from 2009 and later gained critical recognition.
musicmemory
Bibliography
- Imitation Mysterious
- Look This Way, Mary!!
- Wind's Dropped Things
- KNOCK!
- Scramble Game
- Zenryaku Milk House
- Soldier Boy
- Naname no Ongaku
- Macaron Moon
Adaptations
- Stay Gold (film) - credited as original work by Kawahara Yumiko
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- delicate, poetic depictionblend of fantasy and everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- boundary between dream and realityloneliness and growth of young girls
Legacy
A shoujo manga artist active since the 1980s. Praised for delicate psychological depictions and a fantastical atmosphere; winner of the Shogakukan Manga Award and other honors. Continued publishing across various magazines and influenced peers and later creators.
Archives
- Holdings at the National Diet Library
Trivia
- Born in Hokuto, Hokkaido and raised in Tokyo.
- Blood type: O.
- Quit high school after one month.
- Made commercial debut in 1978 with "Kocchi Muite Mary!!"