Yuki Urushibara

Yuki Urushibara
Born	January 23, 1974 Yamaguchi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Mushishi

Yuki Urushibara (Japanese: 漆原 友紀 Hepburn: Urushibara Yuki, born 23 January 1974) is a Japanese manga artist from Yamaguchi Prefecture. She is best known for the series Mushishi, for which she received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival^[1] and the 2006 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.^[2] She is also known by the pen name Soyogo Shima (志摩 冬青 Shima Soyogo).

Works

• Mushishi (1999–2008, Kodansha, 10 volumes), a manga appearing in the magazine Afternoon, which was later adapted into an anime series
• Filament (2004), a compilation of short works
• Waters (2009-2010, Kodansha), a manga appearing in the magazine Afternoon

References

1. "Excellence Prize Mushishi". 2003 [7th] Japan Media Arts Festival. Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
2. 過去の受賞者一覧 : 講談社漫画賞 : 講談社「おもしろくて、ためになる」出版を (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 2007-08-21.