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is a Japanese mangaka, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1957.

Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, about the game of go that is widely credited for the recent boom of the game in Japan. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a pick-up game of go with her father-in-law. She thought that it might be fun to create a manga based on this traditional board game, and began the work under the title of , named for the nine "star points" on a go board. She later worked with Takeshi Obata (the illustrator) and Yukari Umezawa (5-Dan, the supervisor) in the creation of Hikaru no Go. She won the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award and the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Hikaru no Go.

Hotta's husband is , another mangaka known for manga about horse-racing. He was also well-known as a contributor to the Chunichi Shimbun where he illustrated under the pen name , making the Yumi Hotta name famous even before Hikaru no Go. Although Yumi Hotta was in charge of the Hikaru no Go project, throughout most of the series Yumi Hotta and Kiyonari Hotta worked together as a husband-and-wife team.
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Total Books: 51
Hikaru no Go Vol 23
2011 - Hikaru No Go Vol 23 [Hikaru No Go Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421528281
ISBN-10: 1421528282
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru no Go Vol 22
2011 - Hikaru No Go Vol 22 [Hikaru No Go Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421528274
ISBN-10: 1421528274
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru no Go Vol 21
2010 - Hikaru No Go Vol 21 [Hikaru No Go Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421528267
ISBN-10: 1421528266
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru no Go Vol 20
2010 - Hikaru No Go Vol 20 [Hikaru No Go Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421528250
ISBN-10: 1421528258
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 3

Hikaru no Go Vol 19
2010 - Hikaru No Go Vol 19 [Hikaru No Go Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421528243
ISBN-10: 142152824X
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 3

Hikaru no Go Vol 18 Six Characters Six Stories
2010 - Hikaru No Go Vol 18 Six Characters Six Stories [Hikaru No Go Graphic Novels] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421528236
ISBN-10: 1421528231
Genres: Children's Books, Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru No Go Vol 17
2009 - Hikaru No Go Vol 17 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421525853
ISBN-10: 1421525852
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru no Go Vol 16
2009 - Hikaru No Go Vol 16 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421525846
ISBN-10: 1421525844
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Hikaru no Go Vol 15
2009 - Hikaru No Go Vol 15 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421521923
ISBN-10: 142152192X
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru No Go 15
2009 - Hikaru No Go 15 (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781439578476
ISBN-10: 1439578478
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Hikaru no Go Vol 14
2009 - Hikaru No Go Vol 14 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421515106
ISBN-10: 1421515105
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2

Hikaru no Go Vol 13
2008 - Hikaru No Go Vol 13 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421515090
ISBN-10: 1421515091
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Hikaru no Go Vol 12
2008 - Hikaru No Go Vol 12 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421515083
ISBN-10: 1421515083
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Hikaru No Go 12
2008 - Hikaru No Go 12 (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781435237605
ISBN-10: 1435237609
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Hikaru No Go 11
2008 - Hikaru No Go 11 (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781435237599
ISBN-10: 1435237595
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Hikaru No Go 4 Divine Illusions
2008 - Hikaru No Go 4 Divine Illusions (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781435215412
ISBN-10: 1435215419
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Hikaru No Go Vol 11
2008 - Hikaru No Go Vol 11 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421510682
ISBN-10: 1421510685
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 4

Hikaru No Go 2 First Battle
2007 - Hikaru No Go 2 First Battle (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781435215382
ISBN-10: 1435215389
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Hikaru No Go 13
2007 - Hikaru No Go 13 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783551780034
ISBN-10: 355178003X
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Hikaru No Go 10
2007 - Hikaru No Go 10 (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781435203518
ISBN-10: 1435203518
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Hikaru No Go Vol 10
2007 - Hikaru No Go Vol 10 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781421510675
ISBN-10: 1421510677
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 5

2006 - Hikaru No Go 8 [Hikaru No Go Prebound] (Other)