Often described as a "unique" figure among Japanese manga artists,[1][2] because of her style she has been referred to as "a female Fujio Akatsuka".
[2] Born in Musashino, Tokyo, since her childhood Tsuchida was a keen manga reader, and especially a fan of Shigeru Sugiura and Osamu Tezuka.
[2] She made her debut as a manga creator in 1968, with the series Harenchi-kun, published in the magazine Shōsetsu June.
[3] Specialized in nonsense gag cartoons featuring parodies of traditional shōjo manga heroines,[4] Tsuchida is best known for her manga Tsuruhime-ja!
"), which ran from 1973 to 1979 in the magazine Margaret and in 1990 was adapted into a Nippon TV anime series with the same name.