In the graphic novel ''[[{{ill|Sous le soleil de minuit]]|fr}}'', published in 2015 by writer [[Juan Díaz Canales]] and artist [[{{ill|Rubén Pellejero]]|es}}, a fictionalized version of Waka Yamada is "rescued" by [[Corto Maltese]] in 1915 in [[Dawson City|Dawson]], [[Alaska]] where she was "retained by a madam on behalf of a Japanese syndicate."<ref name="Corto">{{in lang|es}}''Bajo el sol de medianoche'', [[Juan Díaz Canales]] and [[Rubén Pellejero]], [[Norma Editorial]], Barcelona, 2015. {{ISBN|978-84-679-2054-3}}</ref>
