So I thought I’d list all Yoshida Akimi interviews related to Banana Fish (and some related to River Phoenix) in one place. Huge thanks go to @pekorosu for sharing their own list and for translating most of these interviews. I included only the ones that have been scanned or have an English translation. The list is in chronological order.
Published in Pafu magazine
Scans of the interview can be found here.
Published in COMIC BOX magazine
This is the interview that lists the artists that Yoshida used as a reference to create the characters in Banana Fish. Partially translated by @pekorosu and @ichigatsunanoka here (contains scans posted by @bananafishlovers). The Chinese translation of the interview and the cover of the magazine can be found here.
Published in Pafu magazine
Scans of the interview can be found here and here.
Published in Pafu magazine
Translated by @pekorosu here. Scans of the interview can be found here.
5. Gackt interview (革命前夜秘密会談)
Published in a MALICE MIZER fan book (耽美実験革命)
Between Yoshida Akimi and Gackt
Partially translated by @pekorosu here. The Chinese translation of the interview can be found here.
Published in Bessatsu Pafu Special Edition
Not much is known about this interview other than a very controversial part that is partially translated by @iamtrashforash here and by @enta_jinnai here.
7. Fujimoto Yukari interview
Published in The Soul of Shoujo Manga (少女まんが魂)
Between Yoshida Akimi and Fujimoto Yukari
Partially translated by @pekorosu here. And here and here are two particularly interesting parts of the interview.
Published in Akimi Yoshida A to Z: Special Talks and Interviews (吉田秋生-夜明け-)
Between Yoshida Akimi and Fushimi Noriaki
Partially translated by @pekorosu here. Scans of the interview can be found here.
Published in BANANA FISH Official Guidebook
Between Yoshida Akimi, Satou Reimon and Tsuzuki Shinichirou
Partially translated by @brickme here (This post also contains excerpts from the Fujimoto Yukari interview).
10. Gekkan Flowers interview
Published in Gekkan Flowers
Question 6 and its answer are translated by Fujishima Sumire here.
Published in Yoshida Akimi Book (吉田秋生本)
Between Yoshida Akimi, Fushimi Noriaki, and Miura Shion
Partially translated by @rainfall here. And here is the Russian translation of the same pages, as well as the scans of the translated pages. This flood by @karice67 here talks about this interview (and the translation linked above) as well as the Queer Japan interview.
1. Japan Visit Press Conference Report (来日記者会見レポート)
Scans for part one are here, and for part two are here. Chinese translation of the report can be found here.
2. River Phoenix Memorial (追悼 リバー・フェニックス)
Year: 1993 (some time in November I guess)
I cannot find the source of this one-page letter by Yoshida for the life of me. Please contact me if you know it. Translated by @pekorosu here. Chinese translation can be found here.
3. Memorial Tribute “Lonely Boy River Phoenix” (ロンリー・ボーイ リヴァー・フェニックス)
Published in SCREEN Special Edition (スクリーン特別編集)
Scanned and translated by Fujishima Sumire here.
Please write to me if you spot any errors in this list or if you have any contributions like links, scans or translations of other related interviews of Yoshida Akimi. I might edit this post later as I discover new content.
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