Yumi Hotta
Author · 23 books
Yumi Hotta (堀田 由美 Hotta Yumi, most often written as ほった ゆみ) is a Japanese mangaka, best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, about the game of go that is widely credited for the recent boom of the game in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a pick-up game of go with her father-in-law. She thought that it might be fun to create a manga based on this traditional board game, and began the work under the title of Nine Stars (九つの星 Kokonotsu no Hoshi), named for the nine "star points" on a go board. She later worked with Takeshi Obata (the illustrator) and Yukari Umezawa (5-Dan, the supervisor) in the creation of Hikaru no Go. She won the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award and the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Hikaru no Go.
Series
Books
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 3
Preliminary Scrimmage
1999
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 10
Lifeline
2000
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 21
Great Expectations
2003
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 4
Divine Illusions
1999
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 9
The Pro Test Begins
2000
ヒカルの碁 22、打倒高永夏
2003
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 20
The Young Lions!
2003
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 15
Sayonara
2001
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 1
Descent of the Go Master
1999
ヒカルの碁 14、sai vs toya koyo
2001
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 8
The Pro Test Preliminaries: Day Four
2000
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 16
Chinese Go Association
2002
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 12
Sai's Day Out
2001
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 17
A Familiar Face
2002
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 18
Six Characters, Six Stories
2002
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 7
The Young Lions Tournament
2000
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 6
The Insei Exam
2000
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 11
Fierce Battle
2001
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 2
First Battle
1999
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 23
Endgame
2003
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 5
Start
2000
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 19
One Step Forward!
2002
Hikaru no Go, Vol. 13
First Professional Match
2001
