Mia Ikumi, a famous Manga artist has died at the age of 42.
Mia Ikumi 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.
Mia Ikumi’s works include;
| Title | Year | Notes | |
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| Tokyo Mew Mew Re-Turn | 2020 | Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine | |
| Tokyo Mew Mew | 2000–03 | Illustrator, written by Reiko Yoshida. Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes |
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| Super Doll Licca-chan | 1999 | Serialized in Nakayoshi Published by Kodansha Comics for 2 volumes |
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| Repure | 2004 | Published in Asuka Comics for 1 volume | |
| Only One Wish | 2005 | Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine Published by Kodansha for one volume |
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| Koi Cupid | 2005–08 | Serialized in Comi Digi and Comi Digi+ Published in Flex Comix for 5 volumes |
Mia Ikumi died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on March 7, 2022.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding the brain. Symptoms may include a severe headache of rapid onset, vomiting, decreased level of consciousness, fever, and sometimes seizures.
Neck stiffness or neck pain are also relatively common. In about a quarter of people a small bleed with resolving symptoms occurs within a month of a larger bleed.