Yumiko Ooshima

Yumiko Ooshima is a Japanese mangaka illustrator and writer. She is associated with the year 24 group. She debuted in 1968 with her work Paula no Namidahttps://anilist.co/manga/149821 which was published in Weekly Margarets Spring Break Special Edition. She is credited with popularizing the kemonomimi catgirl character type through her creation of Chibinekohttps://anilist.co/character/46587 from Wata no Kuni Hoshihttps://anilist.co/manga/39280. She received the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for excellence for Mimosa Yakata de Tsukamaetehttps://anilist.co/manga/43208 the 1978 Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo for Wata no Kuni Hoshihttps://anilist.co/manga/39280 and the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Short Story Award for Goo Goo Datte Neko de Aruhttps://anilist.co/manga/43210/. In 1997 she was hospitalized for a malignant tumor and was discharged in 1998.