Ryo Ikuemi
Ryo Ikuemi (Japanese: いくえみ綾, Hepburn: Ikuemi Ryō, born October 2, 1964 in Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese shōjo manga artist.
| Ryo Ikuemi いくえみ綾 | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 2, 1964 Nayoro, Hokkaidō |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Area(s) | Writer, Manga artist |
Notable works | Pops Bara-Iro no Ashita Kiyoku Yawaku |
| Awards | 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo |
Career
In the beginning of her career, she published mainly in the manga magazine Margaret, where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with Maggie. In 1993, her high school romance Pops was adapted as an OVA by Madhouse.[1] Until the end of the 1990s, she was an exclusive artist for Bessatsu Margaret. She received the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for the series Barairo no Ashita ("Rose-Colored Tomorrow"), which she created for the magazine.[2]
In 1998, she decided to also do freelance work for other magazines than Bessatsu Margaret. She published a short story in the newly-founded Cookie magazine.[3] She created the series Kiyoku Yawaku for the magazine, which won her the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.[4] In 2013, Kiyoku Yawaku was adapted into a live-action film starring Masami Nagasawa and Masaki Okada.[5] Ikuemi drew the cover art for Kazuyoshi Saito's October 2013 single "Kagerō", which was the film's theme song.[6]
References
- "POPS". Madhouse Works. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- 小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2005-04-24. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- "Cookie". cookie.shueisha.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- "33rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- "Masami Nagasawa and Masaki Okada to Star in Kiyoku Yawaku film". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- "斉藤和義、いくえみ綾ジャケ&漫画付きCD1万枚限定発売". Oricon (in Japanese). 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2021-03-28.