Mia Ikumi

Mia Ikumi
征海美亜
Born(1979-03-27)March 27, 1979
DiedMarch 7, 2022(2022-03-07) (aged 42)
NationalityJapanese
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]

  1. ^ "訃報 征海美亜先生 ご逝去のお知らせ|なかよし|講談社コミックプラス". Nakayoshi (in Japanese). March 14, 2022. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.