is a Japanese shōjo manga artist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. She made her professional debut in 1978 with Kotchi muite Marie!! in the weekly Shōjo Comic, for which she won a Shogakukan New Artist Award. In 1985, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for . She is best known in the United States as the author of Dolls, which was licensed by Viz Media.
References
External links Yumiko Kawahara manga at Media Arts Database Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide Yumiko Kawahara fansite