Mia Ikumi was a Japanese mangaka best known for Tokyo Mew Mew, a manga series she created with Reiko Yoshida. Ikumi was born on March 27 in Osaka. She often wore cat ears to her book signings, and interesting costumes. Her first manga story The Sleeping Princess of Berry Forest was written when she was just 18 years old. Ikumi passed away from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on March 7, 2022, less than three weeks before her 43rd birthday.