{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Yukari Fujimoto | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> | image_upright = | image_size = <!-- Discouraged per WP:IMGSIZE; please use image_upright. --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = 藤本由香里 | native_name_lang = ja | pronunciation = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name above --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|08|13}} | birth_place = [[Kumamoto Prefecture]] | disappeared_date = <!-- {{disappeared date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (disappeared date then birth date) --> | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = [[Tokyo University]] | occupation = [[Professor]]<br>Manga critic<br>Author | years_active = | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | style = | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} {{Nihongo|'''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 feminism|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.<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-03-15 |title=３月１５日】【告知】東京都による青少年健全育成条例改正案と『非実在青少年』規制を考える。【記者会見とイベント】 |url=http://yama-ben.cocolog-nifty.com/ooinikataru/2010/03/post-ca2e.html |website=弁護士山口貴士大いに語る}}</ref>
==History== She graduated from Kumamoto City Toen Junior High School, Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto High School, and [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo University]]. She then went to work for the book publishing company [[Chikuma Shobō]].<ref name="Yomiuri">{{cite news |date=2001-10-28 |title=日曜版「どんな仕事? 藤本由佳里さん」 |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/junior/articles_2001/011028-2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020203191816/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/junior/articles_2001/011028-2.htm |archive-date=2002-02-03 |work=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] |publisher=}}</ref>
She teaches at [[Meiji Gakuin University]], working on publications related to gender in manga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=藤本 由香里 |url=https://www.meiji.ac.jp/ggjs/professor/fujimoto_yukari.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=明治大学 |language=ja}}</ref> 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.
==Bibliography== {{Library resources box |by=yes |about=no |label=Yukari Fujimoto |viaf=2100456 |wikititle= }} *(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) **{{cite journal|last1=Fujimoto|first1=Yukari|translator=Fraser, Lucy|title=Where Is My Place in the World?: Early Shōjo Manga Portrayals of Lesbianism|journal=[[Mechademia]]|date=2014|volume=9|issue=1|pages=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) *{{cite journal|last1=Fujimoto|first1=Yukari|translator=[[Rachel Thorn|Thorn, Rachel]]|title=Takahashi Macoto: The Origin of Shōjo Manga Style|journal=Mechademia|date=2012|volume=7|issue=1|pages=24–55|doi=10.5749/minnesota/9780816680498.003.0002|isbn=9780816680498}}
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