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{{nihongo|'''Yuki Kodama'''|小玉 ユキ|Kodama Yuki|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga artist]]. She is best known as the creator of the manga series ''[[Kids on the Slope]]'', for which she won a [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in 2011.

==Biography==
Kodama was born on September 26 in [[Sasebo]], [[Nagasaki Prefecture]], [[Japan]].<ref name="GuideBook"/> She made her debut as a manga artist in 2000, with her series {{nihongo|''Zakuro''|柘榴}} published in ''Cutie Comic'', a [[List of manga magazines|manga magazine]] published by [[Takarajimasha]].<ref name="FujiTV"/> Kodama would go on to publish several short-form works in ''Cutie Comic'' and ''Vanilla'', a manga magazine published by [[Kodansha]], in the early- to mid-2000s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kodama Yuki |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/2060 |website=[[Comic Natalie]] |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref>

Kodama is best known for her manga series ''[[Kids on the Slope]]'', which was serialized in the manga magazine ''[[Flowers (magazine)|Monthly Flowers]]'' from 2007 to 2012.<ref name="KOTS"/> The series, which Kodama based on her own experience growing up in Sasebo, was the top-ranked manga for women in the 2009 edition of [[Takarajimasha]]'s annual ''[[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]'' rankings<ref name="Sugoi">{{cite web |title=Kids on the Slope |url=https://www.toho.website/movies/KidsontheSlope/index.html |website=Toho |access-date=May 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101023614/https://www.toho.website/movies/KidsontheSlope/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and won the 57th [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] in 2012 for general manga.<ref name="Award"/> In 2012, ''Kids on the Slope'' was adapted into a television [[anime]] series by director [[Shinichirō Watanabe]].<ref name="KOTS">{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Sakamichi no Apollon Manga Gets Spinoff Series in March |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-30/sakamichi-no-apollon-manga-gets-spinoff-series-in-march |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=January 30, 2012}}</ref> 

Following ''Kids on the Slope'', Kodama's wrote the manga series ''Tsukikage Baby'', a drama focused on events in a traditional Japanese town from the perspectives of several different families. The series, which was published from 2013 to 2017 in ''Monthly Flowers'';<ref name="Baby1"/><ref name="Baby2"/> was one of the top ranked manga for women in the 2014 ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' rankings.<ref name="SugoiBaby"/> Her next series ''Chiisako no Niwa'', also published in ''Monthly Flowers'', ran from 2017 to 2018,<ref name="Chiisako1"/><ref name="Chiisako2"/> and placed eighth in the 2019 ''Kono Manga ga Sugoi!'' rankings.<ref name="ChiisakoSugoi"/> Her most recent work, ''Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori'', has been published in ''Monthly Flowers'' since 2018.<ref name="Hana"/>

==Works==
===Ongoing series===
*''Hagoromo Mishin'' (published in ''[[Flowers (magazine)|Monthly Flowers]]'', 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=羽衣ミシン |url=https://csbs.shogakukan.co.jp/book?book_group_id=4436 |website=[[Shogakukan]] |access-date=May 30, 2020 |language=ja}}</ref>
*''[[Kids on the Slope]]'' (published in ''Monthly Flowers'', 2007 – 2012)<ref name="KOTS"/>
*''Tsukikage Baby'' (published in ''Monthly Flowers'', 2013 – 2017)<ref name="Baby1"/><ref name="Baby2"/>
*''Chiisako no Niwa'' (published in ''Monthly Flowers'', 2017 – 2018)<ref name="Chiisako1"/><ref name="Chiisako2"/>
*''Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori'' (published in ''Monthly Flowers'', 2018 – 2022)<ref name="Hana"/>
*''[[Wolf's Daughter: A Werewolf's Tale]]'' (published in ''Monthly Flowers'', 2022 – present)

===One-Shots===
*''Zakuro'' (published in ''Cutie Comic'', 2000)<ref name="FujiTV"/>
*''Hōsekibako no Ningyo'' (published in ''[[Shogakukan|Yawaraka Spirits]]'', 2013)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Kids on the Slope's Kodama Draws 'Hōsekibako no Ningyo' 1-Shot Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-07/kids-on-the-slope-kodama-draws-hosekibako-no-ningyo-1-shot-manga |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=September 7, 2013}}</ref>
*''Underground'' (published in ''[[Shogakukan|Zōkan Flowers]]'', 2014)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Kids on the Slope's Kodama Draws 'Underground' Manga One-Shot |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-02-22/kids-on-the-slope-kodama-draws-underground-manga-one-shot |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=February 22, 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
{{Awards table|4}}
|-
! rowspan="1" | 2009
| ''[[Kids on the Slope]]''
| Female Readers
| [[Kono Manga ga Sugoi!]]
| {{won}}
| 
| <ref name="Sugoi"/>
|-
! rowspan="1" | 2011
| ''Kids on the Slope''
| General
| [[Shogakukan Manga Award]]
| {{won}}
| 
| <ref name="Award">{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Inazuma Eleven, Apollon Win Shogakukan Manga Awards |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-23/inazuma-eleven-apollon-win-shogakukan-manga-awards |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=January 23, 2012}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="1" | 2014
| ''Tsukikage Baby''
| rowspan="3" | Female Readers
| rowspan="3" | Kono Manga ga Sugoi!
| {{CFinalist|place=Third Place}}
| 
| <ref name="SugoiBaby"/>
|-
! rowspan="1" | 2019
| ''Chiisako no Niwa''
| {{CFinalist|place=Eighth Place}}
| 
| <ref name="ChiisakoSugoi"/>
|-
! 2024 
| ''[[Wolf's Daughter: A Werewolf's Tale]]''
| {{CFinalist|place=Eighth Place}}
| 
| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Pineda|first1=Rafael Antonio|last2=Cayanan|first2=Joanna|title=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Editors Unveil 2024 Rankings (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2024-rankings/.205367|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 12, 2024|date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>
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==References==
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<ref name="GuideBook">{{cite book |title=佐世保が舞台の漫画: 坂道のアポロ |language=ja |publisher=Sasebo Department of Tourism |url=https://www.sasebo99.com/pdf/pdf_dl/apollon_guide.pdf |access-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716102833/https://www.sasebo99.com/pdf/pdf_dl/apollon_guide.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Baby1">{{cite web |last1=Loveridge |first1=Lynzee |title=Kids on the Slope's Kodama Launches Tsukikage Baby Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-24/kids-on-the-slope-kodama-launches-tsukikage-baby-manga |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=October 24, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Baby2">{{cite web |last1=Mateo |first1=Alex |title=Kids on the Slope's Kodama Ends Tsukikage Baby Manga in 9th Volume |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-12-10/kids-on-the-slope-kodama-ends-tsukikage-baby-manga-in-9th-volume/.109673 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=December 10, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="SugoiBaby">{{cite web |last1=Nelkin |first1=Sarah |title=Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-09/top-manga-ranked-by-kono-manga-ga-sugoi-2014-voters |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=December 9, 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="Chiisako1">{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Shogakukan Reveals Details For Yuki Kodama's New Manga Series |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-05-28/shogakukan-reveals-details-for-yuki-kodama-new-manga-series/.116698 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="Chiisako2">{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Kids on the Slope's Yuki Kodama Ends Chiisako no Niwa Manga Before New Series in March |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-28/kids-on-the-slope-yuki-kodama-ends-chiisako-no-niwa-manga-before-new-series-in-march/.124577 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=November 28, 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="ChiisakoSugoi">{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2019's Series Ranking for Female Readers |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-10/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2019-series-ranking-for-female-readers/.140601 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Hana">{{cite web |last1=Pineda |first1=Rafael Antonio |title=Shogakukan Reveals Visual, Title for Yuki Kodama's New Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-03-01/shogakukan-reveals-visual-title-for-yuki-kodama-new-manga/.128352 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=May 30, 2020 |date=March 1, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="FujiTV">{{cite web |title=Comments |url=https://www.noitamina-apollon.com/05comment/index_en.html |website=Kids on the Slope Official Website |publisher=FujiTV |access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130421040757/http://www012.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kodamayuki/index.html Official website] (defunct; link via [[Internet Archive]])
*[https://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/artists/kodamayuki.html Yuki Kodama] at [[Shogakukan]]
* [https://twitter.com/yukicdm Yuki Kodama] on [[Twitter]]
* {{Anime News Network|people|107987}}

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