Miura Yoshiki (May 8, 1965 – August 15, 2018) was a Japanese manga artist and screenwriter, pen name Cherry, and the author of the manga Cherry Maruko.
Miura dreamed of becoming a manga artist since she was a child, and after graduating from school, she devoted herself to the manga industry. In 1984, at the age of 19, Miura began to create a comic strip called Cherry Maruko, based on his childhood experiences, which was published in the magazine RIBON. The story revolves around Maruko, her family and classmates, and tells the daily life of ordinary Japanese families in the 1970s. The protagonist, Komaruko, is almost a shadow of the author, Miura Miki was nicknamed "Komaruko" when she was a child because of her short stature, and she began to use the pen name "Cherry" after she debuted in manga, which is the origin of "Cherry Maruko". Miura gives Maruko the same name, date of birth, blood type, and zodiac sign as herself, just as Maruko is confused and quirky and funny, like the one we once were, or one of our childhood close friends. It is precisely because "Cherry Pills" is close to life and easy to heal, making it popular. Since 1990, "Cherry Maruko" has been adapted into a TV anime broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan, and then landed in China, South Korea, Thailand and other Asian countries, and was widely welcomed. In 2016, the movie version of "Cherry Pills" debuted on the big screen in mainland China, and in 2017, the network also launched a live-action version of "Cherry Pills". Until December 31, 2011, the manga version of "Cherry Pills", which had been serialized for 25 years, ended more than 1,500 times, bringing warmth and laughter to countless people.
We thought that the small pills would accompany us all the way, but in the summer of 2018, the small pills left us forever. The author Miura Yoshiki died at the age of 53 due to long-term staying up late smoking, hard work, and unfortunately suffering from breast cancer. Although Miura Yoshiki has left, she has left us with her innocent childhood, which will always warm countless people!