Sonoda launched the ChocoMimi fashion manga in Shueisha’s Ribon Original magazine in May 2003.
The official website for Shueisha’s Ribon magazine announced on Monday that manga creator Konami Sonoda (ChocoMimi) passed away on August 4 due to breast cancer.
ChocoMimi went on hiatus earlier this month in this year’s September issue of Ribon magazine due to Sonoda’s poor health.
She made her debut with the High Tension Hour manga in the special oversized early spring issue of Shueisha’s Ribon Bikkuri magazine in 1995.