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.
Her first manga was Mardock Scramble — an adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Tow Ubukata — and was released in 2009. She was also responsible for an illustration of the ending sequence of the ninth episode of Attack on Titan. 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. A Silent Voice was nominated for an Eisner Award a year later, the Rudolf-Dirks-Award and the Max & Moritz Prize in 2017 and 2018. 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.
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 (2016–2025; serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
Accolades Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 2015: New Creator Prize for A Silent Voice (won) Manga Taishō 2015: Manga for A Silent Voice (nominated) 2018: Manga for To Your Eternity (nominated) Eisner Awards 2016: Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia for A Silent Voice (nominated) Rudolf-Dirks-Awards 2017: Best Scenario (Asia) for A Silent Voice (won) Max & Moritz Prize 2018: for A Silent Voice (nominated) Japan Expo 2018: Daruma d′Or Manga for A Silent Voice (won) 2018: Daruma de la Meilleure Nouvelle Série for To Your Eternity (won)
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External links Yoshitoki Ōima in the Anime News Network encyclopaedia Yoshitoki Ōima at AniSearch Interview in Le Monde