Yoshimi Uchida

is a Japanese manga artist. She is well-known for her detailed and emotional art style. Her career ended in 1986 after publishing her last long work, Liddell of Star Clock (three volumes). None of her works have been republished in accordance with her wishes. Uchida started her professional career in 1974 when she was still a student in the university. Through 1977, she published exclusively in Ribon magazine and its sister magazines.

In 1977, she quit her contract with Ribon and became a freelancer. She published illustrations in magazines such as Lyrica and worked also as a book designer for a publisher. Sō Labyrinth, Sō Space , 1985-03, Shueisha It has also been licensed in English by Glacier Bay Books.

Award Ribon Prize, 1974 (Comic magazine Ribon)

Style Uchida was influenced by other shōjo manga artists as well as by European paintings, in particular the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and Edward Burne-Jones.