Yumiko Igarashi
- January 10, 2024
- Mangaka
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Yumiko Igarashi Biography
| Name | Yumiko Igarashi |
| Birthday | Aug 26 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Asahikawa |
| Home Town | Hokkaido |
| Birth Country | Japan |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Children(s) | Nanami Igarashi |
Yumiko Igarashi is one of the most popular and richest Mangaka who was born on August 26, 1950 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. Yumiko Igarashi (いがらし ゆみこ , Igarashi Yumiko, born 26 August 1950 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō) is a female Japanese manga artist. She illustrates the series Candy Candy.
In the late 1990s, Igarashi became involved in a number of legal battles related to her intellectual property rights as an illustrator. Igarashi claimed that in series for which she was the illustrator, she should hold sole intellectual property rights to the portrayals of the characters, and not need the consent of her authors to license merchandise based on their likenesses. In a dispute over the Candy Candy character designs in 1999, the court ruled against Igarashi, stating that both she and writer Kyoko Mizuki held equal rights to the characters, and awarded Mizuki reparations equal to 3% royalties on all the merchandise that had been created without her consent. This legal battle paralyzed the franchise for several years, interfering with Toei’s production of a Candy Candy anime, and making the creation of new merchandise difficult due to the court’s order that all merchandise be approved by both Igarashi and Mizuki, but a trickle of new merchandise was produced in 2004, suggesting some agreement had been reached.
Yumiko Igarashi Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Mangaka |
| House | Living in own house. |
Yumiko Igarashi is one of the richest Mangaka from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yumiko Igarashi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1968, as a third-year high school student at the Asahi Gaoka High School in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Igarashi made her debut in Shueisha’s Ribon manga magazine with Shiroi Same no iru Shima. She won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in 1977 as the artist of Candy Candy.
Igarashi married voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue and they later divorced. They have a son named Keiichi Igarashi (born 1981), known professionally as Nanami Igarashi, who is a former idol trainee at Johnny & Associates and later published a comic essay about his experiences as an otokonoko.
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Irina Ranked on the list of most popular Mangaka. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yumiko Igarashi celebrates birthday on August 26 of every year.
Top Facts about Yumiko Igarashi
- Yumiko Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist.
- She was born on August 8, 1950 in Osaka, Japan.
- Igarashi started her career as an assistant to Osamu Tezuka.
- She is best known for creating the character Candy Candy.
- Candy Candy was serialized from 1975 to 1979 and became a cultural phenomenon in Japan.
- Igarashi has also worked on other popular manga series such as Georgie! and Mayme Angel.
- In addition to manga, she has illustrated children’s books and designed characters for anime films.
- Igarashi received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983 for Georgie! 9. She has been recognized as one of the most influential female manga artists of all time.
- As of 2021, Yumiko Igarashi is still active in the industry at age 70+.