Yuki Urushibara

Yuki Urushibara
Born	January 23, 1974 (1974-01-23) Yamaguchi, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	Mushishi

Yuki Urushibara (漆原 友紀, Urushibara Yuki, born 23 January 1974 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the series Mushishi, for which she received an Excellence Prize for manga at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival and the 2006 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. 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