Riyoko Ikeda
Riyoko Ikeda | |
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Born | Osaka, Japan | December 18, 1947
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | The Rose of Versailles Dear Brother |
Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子, Ikeda Riyoko, born December 18, 1947) is a Japanese
Education
Ikeda attended a college and became a philosophy major, while working various part-time jobs. Influenced by the Japanese New Left and student protest movements in the late 1960s, she became a member of the Democratic Youth League of Japan, the youth wing of the Japanese Communist Party.[2] In her sixth year of college, she started serializing her most famous manga, The Rose of Versailles, and subsequently dropped out after seven years of college due to busyness with serialization.[3][4]
Career
Ikeda began publishing manga in the magazine Kashihonya while studying philosophy.[5] She debuted in 1967 with Bara Yashiki no Shōjo.[5]
Ikeda has written and illustrated many
Her most famous manga is
In 2008, she was awarded France's National Order of the Legion of Honour for her contribution to Japan's cultural awareness of France and received the medal of Chevalier from the French ambassador to Japan.[9] She was also a guest at the 2011 Angoulême International Comics Festival.[7]
Works
- Bara Yashiki no Shōjo (1967) — short story
- Soyo Kaze no Mary — short story
- Francesca no Shouzou (1969)
- Sokoku ni Ai o (1969)
- Freesia no Asa (1970)
- Futari Pocchi (1971)
- Ikite te Yokatta! (1971)
- Jinchouge (1971)
- Mariko (1971)
- Sakura Kyou (1972)
- The Rose of Versailles (1972)
- Shiroi Egmont (1973)
- Yureru Soushun (1973)
- Shōko no Etude (1974)
- Dear Brother (1974)
- Orpheus no Mado(1975)
- Claudine (1978)
- Ayako (1980)
- Epitaram: A Wedding Song (1981)
- Aoi Zakuro (1982)
- Jotei Ecatherina (1982)
- Versailles no Bara Gaiden(1984) — extra chapters for The Rose of Versailles
- Eikou no Napoleon – Eroica (1986)
- Glass no Yami (1987)
- Mijo Monogatari (1988)
- Kasuganotsubon - Kefuzo Kataku o (1989)
- Porando Hishi Ten no Hate Made (1991) — Poland's Secret Story: To the Borders of Heaven[10]
- Shoutoku Taishi (1991)
- Fuyu no Shukusai (1997)
- Elizabeth (1999) — text only; art by Erika Miyamoto
- Niberunku no Yubiwa (2000) — Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Ikeda Riyoko the Best: Ai to Tatakau Onnatachi (2001)
- Falcon no Meikishu (2004)
- Ai wa Waltz ni Nosete (2005)
- BeruBara Kids (2006) — The Rose of Versailles Kids (parody)
- Haru no Yuki (2006) — Spring Snow
- The Legend (Taiōshijinki) (2007)
- Taketori Monogatari (2014)
References
- ^ Thorn, Rachel (2005). "A History of Manga". Animerica: Anime & Manga Monthly. 4 (2, 4, & 6). Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
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- ^ Ikeda, Riyoko (September 2023). "Artistic Revolution". INTOUCH Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by Jones, C Bryan. Tokyo American Club. pp. 20–21.
- ^ "Japanese readers lap up comic books". Reuters. Red Deer Advocate. October 23, 1983.
- ^ a b "Riyoko Ikeda". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ISBN 1-85973-021-3.
- ^ a b Fallaix, Olivier (November 17, 2010). "Riyoko Ikeda au festival d'Angoulême" (in French). Animeland. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ "Historia de Amour — Riyoko Ikeda fanlisting".
- ^ "Rose of Versailles' Ikeda Receives France's Top Honor". Anime News Network. March 12, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ "Ten no Hate Made - Poland Hishi (manga) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved April 6, 2024.