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Manga Artist Mia Ikumi Death Caused By Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Here Is What Happened To Her

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Natalie Ross

Published Feb 02, 2026

The demise news f Mia Ikumi has taken up the web. Numerous anime and manga fans are crushed to hear the news. They grieve her misfortune via online media as they honor her.

Manga Artist Mia Ikumi Death Caused By Subarachnoid Hemorrhage As per Anime News Network, the passing reason for the manga craftsman Mia Ikumi was Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. The condition is characterized as draining in the space around the mind.

It normally happens when a flimsy point in a blood vein on the outer layer of the mind breaks and holes. Blood then, at that point, collects around the cerebrum and inside the skull, making strain on the mind. This can bring about synapse harm, long haul intricacies, handicap, and demise.

On Monday, the authority site of Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine posted an eulogy notice for her. It expressed that she abruptly died on March 7, and her memorial service was held secretly by her loved ones.

She appeared in Nakayoshi magazine with the Super Doll Licca-chan, which ran from 1998 to 1999.

Reiko Yoshida Paired Up With Artist Mia Ikumi For Tokyo Mew New Mia Ikumi and Reiko Yoshida combined up and distributed a manga named Tokyo Mew in 2002. She had drawn consideration from her work with Reiko.

Reiko was the author, while she was the manga craftsman. It turned into a hit and a significant piece of everybody’s adolescence. From 2000 through 2003, the couple serialized the manga in Nakayoshi, and Kodansha delivered seven comic volumes.

In 2011, Kodansha Comics distributed the manga in three enormous volumes with a modified interpretation. Similarly, the manga likewise enlivened a 52-episode TV anime series, which 4Kids Entertainment broadcasted under the title Mew Power in 2005.

idk if it’s because tmm was the very first manga I read and opened or what, but I just hold such an affection for Mia Ikumi and her work. Even when I see Reiko Yoshida’s name attached to an anime I’m like ‘whoa!!! she helped write TMM!’

— Katie (@dreamiekatie) March 13, 2022


Tokyo Mew New, a shiny new anime in view of the first manga, will debut in July. Likewise, all past Tokyo Mew manga will be re-delivered by Kodansha in another 10-volume version with new covers, with the initial three volumes set to be delivered in May.

As indicated by Kodansha, Ikumi has as of now finished the new cover workmanship for each of the ten volumes and amended craftsmanship and all new manga shorts for the new version.

The notification proceeded to say that she has been directing the movement creation and the work on the new manga release throughout the previous two years and that the anime creation will keep, carrying Ikumi’s longings with her.