Moonlight shadow banana yoshimoto!
Kitchen banana yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese writer
Banana Yoshimoto | |
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| Native name | 吉本 ばなな |
| Born | Mahoko Yoshimoto (1964-07-24) July 24, 1964 (age 60) Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Period | 1987–present |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Official website | |
Banana Yoshimoto (吉本 ばなな, Yoshimoto Banana, born 24 July 1964[1]) is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto (吉本 真秀子, Yoshimoto Mahoko).
From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana (よしもと ばなな).
Biography
Yoshimoto was born in Tokyo on July 24, 1964, and grew up in a progressive family. Her father was the poet and critic Takaaki Yoshimoto, and her sister, Haruno Yoiko [ja], is a well-known cartoonist in Japan.
Yoshimoto graduated from Nihon University's College of Art with a major in literature. While there, she adopted the pseudonym "Banana", after her love of banana flowers, a name she recognizes as both "cute" and "purposefully androgynous."[2]