Izumi Matsumoto

Izumi Matsumoto
Born
Kazuya Terashima

(1958-10-13)October 13, 1958
DiedOctober 6, 2020(2020-10-06) (aged 61)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known forKimagure Orange Road

Kazuya Terashima (Japanese: 寺嶋 一弥, Hepburn: Terashima Kazuya, 13 October 1958 – 6 October 2020), known by his pen name Izumi Matsumoto (まつもと 泉, Matsumoto Izumi), was a Japanese manga artist best known for Kimagure Orange Road. His career started in 1982, publishing his comic Milk Report in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. But real success came in 1984, publishing Kimagure Orange Road in the same magazine.

In 2005, he revealed that he was afflicted with a cerebrospinal fluid disease (possibly stemming from a car accident when he was three years old) that had forced him to take six years off work, and he hoped to bring attention to this disorder through a new manga.[1]

On 3 November 2019, Matsumoto revealed that he had been diagnosed with spinal stenosis.[2] Matsumoto died at 61 on October 6, 2020.[3]

  1. ^ "Cartoonist pledges to draw attention to cerebrospinal fluid disease with new manga". Wave Studio. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  2. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (November 25, 2019). "Kimagure Orange Road's Matsumoto Reveals Spinal Stenosis Diagnosis". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Mateo, Alex (October 12, 2020). "Kimagure Orange Road's Creator Izumi Matsumoto Passes Away". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 12, 2020.