Akimi Yoshida

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books
  • First Book:
    February 1999
  • Latest Book:
    June 2019
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Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Banana Fish, Volume 1

    Viz Comics presents the darkly streetwise stories of Manga artist Akimi Yoshida's Banana Fish, a series that ran in Japan from 1985 to 1994. The action revolves around a young gay gang leader, Ash Lynx, and his quest to discover the mys...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 3

    Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of “Papa” Dino Golzin...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 4

    In the fourth installment, Papa Dino Golzine's hitmen meet Max Lobo's ex-wife and search for the missing Professor Dawson. Meanwhile, Chinese crime boss Lee Daai Yan sends the dreaded Yu Lung to deal with the heroes....

  • Banana Fish, Volume 6

    Papa Dino uses Shorter Wong as a guinea pig for the drug Banana Fish, which transforms him into a hypnotized killing machine. Meanwhile, pretty-boy Yut-Lung tries to turn Eiji into Dino's sex slave, but Shorter has been programmed to cut Eiji to shre...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 2

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... When Dino arranges Ash's frame-up for the murder of a man he had motive to kill twenty times over, an "accident" behind bars is on the agenda. But in the same prison is Max Lobo, a journalist himself on the trail of ...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 5

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... In search of more information about the substance, Ash flees to Los Angeles with a band of allies, where he clashes with Yau-Si, an alluring and duplicitous young assassin. Drawn in by Yau-Si, one of Ash's so-called ...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 7

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Ash has only one hand of cards--a loyal posse of street thugs, an investigative reporter, and a sympathetic cop, as he plays his one draw with tricks, trumps, and the hand jive from a .357 Magnum...  ...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 8

    Ash squares off with Arthur in a final showdown, but can Arthur be trusted to stick to the rules that he's set up? This showdown has Ash and Arthur surf a sea of blood through the bowels of the New York subway system. Epic in scope, and one of the be...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 9

    Tells the story of Ash Lynx, adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, his life on the streets in 1980s New York, and his quest to understand the secret behind a mysterious potion called "Banana Fish."...



  • Banana Fish, Volume 11

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Ash and Dr. Alexis Dawson, the surviving brother of the duo that created Banana Fish, struggle to escape the mental institution where they have been committed against their will. Unbeknownst to Ash, Max and Ibé are ...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 12

    "VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of ""Papa"" Dino Golzine, the East Coast''s Corsican crime lord, Ash ...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 13

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the East Coast's Corsican crime lord, Ash is n...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 14

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the East Coast's Corsican crime lord, Ash is n...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 15

    "VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of ""Papa"" Dino Golzine, the East Coast''s Corsican crime lord, Ash ...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 16

    Akimi Yoshida made her manga debut in 1977 with the college manga story her college story, A SLIGHTLY STRANGE NEIGHBOR. Her immensely popular series BANANA FISH, her longest work to date, ran from 1985 to 1994 and made her a superstar in the shojo...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 17

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the East Coast's Corsican crime lord, Ash is n...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 18

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the East Coast's Corsican crime lord, Ash is n...

  • Banana Fish, Volume 19

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A child runaway brought up as the adopted heir, hatchet man, and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the East Coast's Corsican crime lord, Ash is n...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 1



  • Banana Fish, Vol. 2

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... When Dino arranges Ash's frame-up for the murder of a man he had motive to kill twenty times over, an accident behind bars is on the agenda. But in the same prison is Max Lobo, a journalist himself on the trail of t...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 3

    The idea that Ash Lynx would be more controllable in jail has worked out for nobody, because in between gang rape and random assaults, Ash has not only managed to get Eiji to carry out info to his allies in Chinatown, but he's met cellmate Max Lobo, ...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 4

    After a failed attempt to kill Golzine, Ash is on the lam with his friends: Shorter, a Chinese gang-member; Eiji, a Japanese reporter who is developing feelings for Ash; Eiji's boss Ibé; and Max Lobo, a journalist and Griffin's former army buddy. As...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 5

    In search of more information about the substance, Ash flees to Los Angeles with a band of allies, where he clashes with Yau-Si, an alluring and duplicitous young assassin. Drawn in by Yau-Si, one of Ash's so-called allies betrays him to the Chinese ...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 6

    Eiji Okamura, a young photographer from Japan, has made Ash's acquaintance; just in time to fall with him into this bloody whirlpool. Now the Chinese Lee syndicate has delivered Ash, Max Lobo, Ibé and Dr. Alexis Dawson to Papa Dino. Banana Fish has ...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 7

    VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Ash has only one hand of cards--a loyal posse of street thugs, an investigative reporter, and a sympathetic cop, as he plays his one draw with tricks, trumps, and the hand jive from a .357 Magnum...  ...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 10

    The announcement of Ash's death on television news has young Eiji in shock and denial. Ash's body is prepared for autopsy, but Max Lobo is convinced that the body has only been made to look like Ash. Meanwhile, the real Ash Lynx is transferred to a m...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 11

    Ash and Dr. Alexis Dawson, the surviving brother of the duo that created Banana Fish, struggle to escape the mental institution where they have been committed against their will. Unbeknownst to Ash, Max and Ibé are also attempting to free him. Ash l...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 12

    Ash has finally escaped from the mental institution where he was held captive and has brought with him crucial evidence of the proof and power of the drug known as Banana Fish. Golzine has hired Blanca, the man responsible for Ash's training in the f...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 13

    In a desperate attempt to save Eiji, Ash accepts the role of Papa Dino's right-hand man. He then threatens Max at gunpoint to give him the magazine story on Banana Fish before it hits the press. Grooming Ash to become his successor, Dino sets in moti...



  • Banana Fish, Vol. 8

    Ash squares off with Arthur in a final showdown, but can Arthur be trusted to stick to the rules that he has set up? This showdown has Ash and Arthur surf a sea of blood through the bowels of the New York subway system....

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 9

    The epic battle between Ash and Arthur reaches its gruesome conclusion. Ash is left hospitalized, but not out of reach from the sinister hands of Papa Dino. Unbeknownst to Ash's crew, Dino has arranged Ash's transfer to a medical facility with a very...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 14

    Blanca accepts a contract to become Yau-si's bodyguard after a failed assassination attempt on Yau-si. Ash, desperate to protect the life of a friend, agrees to become the legally adopted son and heir of Dino Golzine. Meanwhile, Eiji, Sing, Cain and ...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 15

    Ash, freed from the clutches of Dino, races to find Eiji, but Dino's men beat him to the punch. A deadly battle rages at the National History Museum, and Ash captures Yut-Lung. Perhaps a deal can be struck and hostages exchanged......

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 16

    Ash and his crew are faced with a new deadly enemy, as Golzine has hired ex-member of the French Foreign Legion Colonel Foxx and his elite cadre to destroy them. To fight back, Ash has formed alliances with local Chinese and African American gangs. W...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 17

    Ash is held captive and interrogated by the brutal Colonel Foxx who does everything in his power to get information on Golzine's "ace in the hole" against the U.S. government. But a caged animal can be held only so long before it bites back. Chaos er...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 18

    Donning the uniform of a doctor, Ash visits the hospital where Eiji is being treated. Ash is alarmed by Eiji's condition, and in a shocking turn of events, makes an alliance with a man from his past. It's time for him and his crew to make their move ...

  • Banana Fish, Vol. 19

    The final volume of Banana Fish contains the same dichotomy of darkness and light that characterizes both Ash and Eiji. Harsh reality and soft dreamlike memories find themselves hand-in-hand with heartbreak and hope, sentiment and cynicism, love and ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Akimi Yoshida has published 37 books.

Akimi Yoshida does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Banana Fish, Vol. 14, was published in June 2019.

The first book by Akimi Yoshida, Banana Fish, Volume 1, was published in February 1999.

No. Akimi Yoshida does not write books in series.
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