Mia Ikumi

{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (1979–2022)}}

{{Expand Japanese|topic=bio|征海美亜|date=November 2015}}

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{{Nihongo|Mia Ikumi|征海美亜|Ikumi Mia|March 27, 1979 – March 7, 2022|lead=yes}} 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.{{cite web|title=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|language=ja|url=http://nakayosi.kodansha.co.jp/news/20220314.html|website=Nakayoshi|date=March 14, 2022|access-date=March 14, 2022|archive-date=March 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316072103/http://nakayosi.kodansha.co.jp/news/20220314.html|url-status=dead}}

Works

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! Refs{{cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/10000|title=征海未亜|author=|date=|work=mediaarts-db.jp|accessdate=1 December 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064914/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/authorities/10000|url-status=dead}}

Super Doll Licca-chan1999Serialized in Nakayoshi
Published by Kodansha Comics for 2 volumes
{{cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/139381|title=単行本全巻:スーパードール・リカちゃん(講談社コミックスなかよし)|trans-title=Paperback whole volume: Super Doll Licca (Kodansha Comics Nakayoshi)|work=Media Arts Database|language=Japanese|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|location=Japan|accessdate=November 30, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054810/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/139381|url-status=dead}}
Tokyo Mew Mew2000–03Illustrator, written by Reiko Yoshida.
Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine
Published by Kodansha for 7 volumes
{{cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/139384|title=単行本全巻:東京ミュウミュウ(講談社コミックスなかよし)|trans-title=Paperback whole volume: Tokyo Mew Mew (Kodansha Comics Nakayoshi)|work=Media Arts Database|language=Japanese|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|location=Japan|accessdate=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004053131/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/139384|archive-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-30/kodansha-adds-shugo-chara-full-moon-sequel-manga|title=Kodansha Adds New U.S. Shugo Chara!, Until the Full Moon Manga|author=|date=March 30, 2011|work=Anime News Network|accessdate=October 3, 2015}}
Repure2004Published in Asuka Comics for 1 volume{{cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/comic_works/92549|title=作品: リピュア([著]征海未亜)|trans-title=Movies: Ripyua ([Author] Mia Ikumi)|work=Media Arts Database|language=Japanese|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|location=Japan|accessdate=November 30, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051927/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/comic_works/92549|url-status=dead}}
Koi Cupid2005–08Serialized in Comi Digi and Comi Digi+
Published in Flex Comix for 5 volumes
{{Cite web |url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/139383 |script-title=ja:単行本全巻:恋きゅー(コミデジコミックス) |trans-title=Paperback whole volume: love queue (Komi Digital Comics) |work=Media Arts Database |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |location=Tokyo |accessdate=November 30, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061812/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/book_titles/139383 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |author=McNeil, Sheena |url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=6184&issue=2016-10-03 |title=Koi Cupid Vol. 1 |work=Sequential Tart |date=September 1, 2008 |accessdate=October 5, 2016 }}
Only One Wish2005Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine
Published by Kodansha for one volume
{{cite web | url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/books/1175209 | title=単行本:wish(講談社コミックスなかよし) |trans-title=Paperback: wish (Kodansha Comics Nakayoshi) | work=Media Arts Database |language=Japanese|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|location=Japan|accessdate=November 30, 2015}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-07/del-rey-adds-night-head-four-eyed-prince-only-1-wish |title=Del Rey Adds Night Head, Four-Eyed Prince, Only 1 Wish (Updated) |work=Anime News Network |date=February 7, 2009 |accessdate=September 24, 2016 }}{{Cite web |author=Ellingwood, Holly |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2010/01/12/only-one-wish-vol-1/ |title=Only One Wish Vol. 1 |work=ActiveAnime.com |date=January 12, 2010 |accessdate=September 24, 2016 }}
Tokyo Mew Mew Re-Turn2020Serialized in Nakayoshi magazine{{Cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-29/reiko-yoshida-mia-ikumi-launch-tokyo-mew-mew-2020-re-turn-short-manga-in-december/.153841 |title=Reiko Yoshida, Mia Ikumi Launch Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn Short Manga in December |work=Anime News Network |date=November 29, 2019 |accessdate=January 14, 2020 }}

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