Yumiko Igarashi

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Yumiko Igarashi
いがらしゆみこ
Birth name Aso, Izumi
Born August 26, 1950 (1950-08-26) (age 57)
Asahikawa, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works Candy Candy (artist)
Georgie! (artist)
Awards 1977 Kodansha Manga Award

Yumiko Igarashi (いがらしゆみこ Igarashi Yumiko?, born 26 August 1950 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō) is a female Japanese mangaka and artist. She is a resident of Sapporo, Hokkaido.

In 1968, as a third-year high school student at the Asahi Gaoka High School in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, she made her debut in Shueisha's Ribon manga magazine with Shiroi Same no iru Shima. She is a cousin to fellow manga-ka Satsuki Igarashi, member of CLAMP. She won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in 1977 as the artist of Candy Candy.[1]

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  1. ^ Joel Hahn. Kodansha Manga Awards. Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.

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