Riyoko Ikeda

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Riyoko Ikeda

Riyoko Ikeda ( Japanese 池田 理 代 子 , Ikeda Riyoko ; born December 18, 1947 in Osaka ) is a Japanese manga artist .

She made her debut as a professional manga artist in 1967 with Bara-Yashiki no Shōjo . She also studied philosophy . Ikeda joined a communist youth association as a student and was involved in the anti-nuclear movement.

In 1972 she began work on The Roses of Versailles , in which she dealt with the French Revolution . The manga was finished in 1973 after 1,800 pages and was a huge success in Japan, later also implemented as an anime and a musical and marketed internationally. The ten anthologies of the manga series sold around fifteen million copies in Japan.

At the beginning of the 1980s she switched to the Josei genre, but was unable to continue her successes in the 1970s. Since 1998 she has been working mainly as a scenarioist on her manga titles, her former assistant Erika Miyamoto ( 宮本 え り か , Miyamoto Erika ) acts as a draftsman.

Along with Moto Hagio and Keiko Takemiya, she belongs to the group of 24s .

Works

  • Bara-Yashiki no Shōjo ( ば ら 屋 敷 の 少女 , 1967)
  • Sokoku ni Ai o ( 祖国 に 愛 を , 1971, 1 volume)
  • Futarippochi ( ふ た り っ ぽ ち , 1971, 1 volume)
  • Sakurakyō ( 桜 京 , 1972, 2 volumes)
  • The roses of Versailles (ベ ル サ イ ユ の ば ら , Berusaiyu no bara , 1972–1973, 10 and 7 volumes respectively)
  • Shōko no Etude (章 子 の エ チ ュ ー ド , 1974, 2 volumes)
  • Oniisama e ... (お に い さ ま へ… , 1975, 3 volumes)
  • Furījia no Asa ( フ リ ー ジ ア の 朝 , 1976, 1 volume)
  • Orpheus no Mado (オ ル フ ェ ウ ス の 窓 , 1976–1981, 18 volumes)
  • Ai wa Eien ni ( 愛 は 永遠 に , 1976, 1 volume)
  • Francesca no Shōzō ( フ ラ ン チ ェ ス カ の 肖像 , 1976, 1 volume)
  • Claudinne (ク ロ デ ィ - ヌ , 1978, 1 volume)
  • Ayako (妖 子 , 1981–1984, 2 volumes)
  • Epitaram ( エ ピ タ ラ ム , 1982, 2 volumes)
  • Jotei Katharina ( 女 帝 エ カ テ リ ー ナ , 1983–1984, 5 volumes)
  • Paranoia Slyger ( パ ラ ノ イ ア． ズ ラ イ カ , 1983, 1 volume)
  • Aoi Sharyū ( 蒼 い 柘 榴 , 1983–1984, 2 volumes)
  • Kaze o Tsumamu Pushike ( 風 を 摘 む プ シ ケ , 1984–1985, 4 volumes)
  • The roses of Versailles Gaiden ( ベ ル サ イ ユ の ば ら 外 伝 , Versailles no Bara Gaiden , 1986, 2 volumes)
  • Mijo Monogatari ( 魅 女 物語 , 1988–1989, 3 volumes)
  • Ten no Hate made (天 の 涯 ま で , 1990, 3 volumes)
  • Eroika (エ ロ イ カ , 1986–1995, 14 volumes)
  • Orpheus no Mado Gaiden ( オ ル フ ェ ウ ス の 窓 外 伝 , 1998, 1 volume, together with Erika Miyamoto)
  • Elizabeth ( エ リ ザ ベ ス , 1999, 1 volume, together with Erika Miyamoto)
  • Kasuga no Tsubone ( 春日 局 , 2000, 3 volumes)
  • Nibelung no Yubiwa ( ニ ー ベ ル ン ク の 指 輪 , 2001–2002, 4 volumes, together with Erika Miyamoto)
  • ...
  • Haru no Yuki (春 の 雪 , 2006, 1 volume, together with Erika Miyamoto), based on a novel by Yukio Mishima

Web links

Commons : Riyoko Ikeda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaqueline Berndt : Phenomenon Manga . edition q, Berlin 1995. p. 105. ISBN 3-86124-289-3 .
  2. ↑ Historic Shoujo Manga Circulation Numbers , ComiPress, May 24, 2006
personal data
SURNAME Ikeda, Riyoko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 池田 理 代 子 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese mangaka (comic artist)
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka