Ryoichi Ikegami

Ryoichi Ikegami (池上 遼一) 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. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005.

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 and collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya for the manga BOX (BOX 暗い箱). His most recent work is Lord currently serialized in Big Comic Superior.

Selected works

 * Ryugetsusho (流月抄) - Gen Tsukinosuke ("The Deadly Poison of Love") (manga): original manga
 * Crying Freeman (manga): art
 * Heat (manga): art
 * Lord (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
 * Seikun Urufu: art
 * Seishun Dobaku: art
 * Seiunji: story, art
 * Shura Yukihime Gaiden: art
 * Spider-Man: The Manga: story, art
 * Strain (manga): art
 * Wounded Man: art