You Shiina (椎名 優, Shiina Yū) is a Japanese freelance illustrator and manga artist. Her diverse portfolio includes contributions to light novel and children's book covers, illustrations, as well as game package and character design. Notably, she gained recognition for her work on the illustrations for the Ascendance of a Bookworm series by Miya Kazuki.
She received the Dengeki Game Illustration Gold Award in 1998, and her cover art for the "Ascendance of a Bookworm" earned the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' award in 2018 and 2019.
Biography
From about the time of 5th or 6th grade in elementary school, she began seriously creating drawings and, in high school, started submitting work to contests. Shiina found employment at a game company[1] and undertook the character designs for Purikura Daisakusen' in 1996.[2]
She contributed character designs for Tales of Commons (2005), Tales of Wahrheit (2006), and Tales of the World: Material Dungeon (2008) in the Tales of Mobile series of mobile phone games from Bandai Namco Games.[1][3] In 2008, Shiina collaborated with fellow artist Haccan on illustrations and package design for The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky from Nihon Falcom.[4]
In 2013, her artwork on the Sagrada Reset light novel series placed ninth in the annual Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! awards from publisher Takarajimasha.[5] Her cover art and illustration work on the Ascendance of a Bookworm light novel series have consistently ranked in the top ten in Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! every year since 2017 and won in 2018 and 2019. She was named the ninth most popular light novel illustrator in both 2021 and 2022.[6][7][8][9] They were named the ninth most popular of light novel illustrators in both 2021 and 2022.[10][11]
Bibliography
Manga
Shiina wrote and illustrated Monochrome Myst, a three-volume manga series published through the Dengeki Comics imprint of Kadokawa Shoten.
Otoko nara Ikkoku Ichijō no Aruji o Mezasanakya ne (男なら一国一城の主を目指さなきゃね) by Sandogasa (4 volumes, January - December 2015, Fujimi Shobo)
Suraimu na Danjon kara Tenka o Torō to Omō. (スライムなダンジョンから天下をとろうと思う。) by Saitō (4 volumes, March 2015 - February 2016, Earth Star Novel)
Jisatsusuru ni wa Mukanai Kisetsu (自殺するには向かない季節) by Ryūto Ebina (May 2017, Kodansha, ISBN9784063815962)
Theme of the Water & Biscuit (ウォーター&ビスケットのテーマ, Uōtā to Bisuketto no Tēma) by Yutaka Kōno (2 volumes, September 2017 - April 2018, Kodansha Ranobe Bunko)
Itsuka no Kurisumasu no Hi, Kimi wa Toki no Hate ni Kiete (いつかのクリスマスの日、きみは時の果てに消えて) by Tsukasa Seo (November 2017, Famitsu Bunko, ISBN9784047348899)
I Aim for the Maximum of the Production Skills (異世界転生して生産スキルのカンスト目指します!, Isekai Tenseishite Seisan Sukiru no Kansuto Mezashimasu) by Ryūto Watari (4 volumes, March 2019 - December 2020, Dragon Novels)
Children's books
Shiina illustrated the following children's books:
^もし「ミニセガサターン」が発売したら収録されていて欲しいサターンゲー10選 [The 10 games we want on it if a hypothetical Mini-Saturn goes on sale] (in Japanese). ITmedia - ねとらぼアンサー. August 11, 2017. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
^iアプリ『TOWマテリアルダンジョン』の配信が1月31日より開始 [iAppli "Tales of the World: Material Dungeon" electronic distribution begins January 31] (in Japanese). Dengeki Online. January 31, 2008. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^『英雄伝説 空の軌跡』の複製原画がキャラアニで予約受付中! [Orders open for character animation reproduction art from "The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky"!] (in Japanese). Dengeki Online. September 16, 2008. Archived from the original on February 5, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^「このライトノベルがすごい!2021」特集 ["Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!" 2021 report]. Gamers.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.