Yukari Fujimoto

Yukari Fujimoto (藤本 由香里, Fujimoto Yukari) is a manga researcher and professor of global Japanese studies at Meiji University. She was born in Kumamoto Prefecture. She was an editor for Chikuma Shobō. She is a manga critic, gender theorist, author, and liberal feminist. She is a member of the Agency for Cultural Affairs awards selection committee. She is also a member of the Japanese National Diet Library legal deposit deliberation committee.^[1]

She graduated from Kumamoto City Toen Junior High School, Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto High School, and Tokyo University. She then went to work for the book publishing company Chikuma Shobō.^[2]

She teaches at Meiji Gakuin University, working on publications related to gender in manga.^[3] She was present for the formation of the Japan Society for Studies in Cartoon and Comics and also a member on the board of directors.

• (1998) Watashi no Ibasho wa Doko ni Aru no? Shōjo Manga ga Utsusu Kokoro no Katachi (私の居場所はどこにあるの? 少女マンガが映す心のかたち)
  • Fujimoto, Yukari (2014). "Where Is My Place in the World?: Early Shōjo Manga Portrayals of Lesbianism". Mechademia. 9 (1). Translated by Fraser, Lucy: 25–42. doi:10.1353/mec.2014.0007. S2CID 122076678.
• (1999) Kairaku Denryū Onna no, Yokubō, no Katachi (快楽電流 女の、欲望の、かたち Electric Currents of Pleasure The Shape of a Woman's Desire)
• (2000) Shōjo Manga Damashī Genzai o Utsusu Shōjo Manga Kanzen Gaido&Interview Collection (少女まんが魂 現在を映す少女まんが完全ガイド&インタビュー集)
• (2004) Aijou Hyōron 「Kazoku」 o Meguru Monogatari (愛情評論 「家族」をめぐる物語)
• (2013) Kiwakiwa 「Itami」 o Meguru Monogatari (きわきわ　「痛み」をめぐる物語)
• Fujimoto, Yukari (2012). "Takahashi Macoto: The Origin of Shōjo Manga Style". Mechademia. 7 (1). Translated by Thorn, Rachel: 24–55. doi:10.5749/minnesota/9780816680498.003.0002. ISBN 9780816680498.