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Mia Ikumi 征海美亜 | |
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Born | March 27, 1979 |
Died | March 7, 2022 | (aged 42)
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist |
Notable works | Tokyo Mew Mew |
Mia Ikumi ( Japanese: 征海美亜, Hepburn: Ikumi Mia, March 27, 1979 – March 7, 2022) was a Japanese manga artist best known for being the illustrator of Tokyo Mew Mew, a manga series she created with Reiko Yoshida. Her first manga story The Sleeping Princess of Berry Forest was written when she was just 18 years old.
Ikumi was diagnosed with a subarachnoid hemorrhage in February 2021, and died on March 7, 2022, from a heart failure brought by the hemorrhage. [1]
Title | Year | Notes | Refs [2] |
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Super Doll Licca-chan | 1999 | Serialized in Nakayoshi Published by Kodansha Comics for 2 volumes |
[3] |
Tokyo Mew Mew | 2000–03 | Illustrator, written by
Reiko Yoshida. Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes |
[4] [5] |
Repure | 2004 | Published in Asuka Comics for 1 volume | [6] |
Koi Cupid | 2005–08 | Serialized in
Comi Digi and Comi Digi+ Published in Flex Comix for 5 volumes |
[7] [8] |
Only One Wish | 2005 | Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine Published by Kodansha for one volume |
[9] [10] [11] |
Tokyo Mew Mew Re-Turn | 2020 | Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine | [12] |