Ryoichi Ikegami

Ryoichi Ikegami (池上遼一, Ikegami Ryōichi^?, born 29 May 1944) is a manga artist. He was assistant to manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1966. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat.^[1] He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005. ^[2]

Ikegami has worked on several popular series, such as Mai, the Psychic Girl with writer Kazuya Kudo, Crying Freeman, with writer Kazuo Koike, as well as Sanctuary and Heat with writer Sho Fumimura. He also wrote and drew Spider-Man: The Manga, a manga version of Spider-Man.

His most recent work is Ryugetsusho - Gen Tsukinosuke: The Deadly Poison of Love or Ryugetsusho or simply Bestia.

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Ryugetsusho (流月抄) - Gen Tsukinosuke ("The Deadly Poison of Love") (manga): original manga.
Crying Freeman (manga): art.
- Crying Freeman (live-action movie): original manga.
- Crying Freeman (OAV): original manga.
Heat (manga): art.
Kizuoibito (OAV): original manga (art).
Mai the Psychic Girl (manga): art.
Nobunaga (manga): art.
Offered (manga): art.
Otoko Gumi: art.
Otoko Oozora: art.
Samurai Crusader: manga (art).
Sanctuary (manga): art.
- Sanctuary (live-action movie): original manga.
- Sanctuary (OAV): original manga.
Seikun Urufu: art.
Seishun Dobaku: art.
Seiunji: story, art.
Spider-Man: The Manga: story, art.
Strain (manga): art.
Wounded Man (manga): art.