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Tsuruhime-ja! Manga Creator Yoshiko Tsuchida Passes Away
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official Twitter account for Yoshiko Tsuchida's Tsuruhime-ja! manga announced on Saturday that Tsuchida passed away on Friday. She was 75.
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— つる姫じゃ〜っ！ (@hagemasujo) September 16, 2023
9月15日午前9時51分土田よしこ先生 逝去しました。 pic.twitter.com/alcK1CBa0i
Tsuchida was born in Tokyo in 1948. She worked as an assistant to Fujio Akatsuka (Himitsu no Akko-chan, Osomatsu-kun), and made her debut as a manga creator in 1968.
Tsuchida's Tsuruhime-ja! shōjo manga ran from 1973 to 1979 in Shueisha's Weekly Margaret magazine. The manga inspired a 49-episode television anime adaptation that premiered in 1990.
Tsuchida also wrote other manga such as Nanohana Tsubomi, Watashi wa Sijimi!, Yoshiko de~su! Waratte Itadakimasu!!, Hideko-chan, Kimidori Midoro Aomidoro, Neba Neba Nebako, Mattanashi!! Yoshiko wa Old Lady, and more.
Sources: Tsuruhime-ja! manga's Twitter account, Oricon, Comic Natalie
