lead=yes is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He is best known for Crying Freeman (1986–1988), written by Kazuo Koike, and Heat (1999–2004), written by Buronson. The latter won the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. Ikegami received the Fauves d'Honneur at the 2023 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
Career
After graduating from junior high school, Ikegami moved to Osaka and drew manga while working as a billboard sign painter,
debuting at the age of 17 writing
Kashi-hon.
[Naoki Urasawa no Manben: Ikegami Ryoichi (S3E1, 2016), NHK Educational TV ] In 1966, he published a story called 罪の意識 in the
gekiga magazine
Garo that caught the eye of fellow
Garo contributor,
Shigeru Mizuki, who offered him a job as his assistant. Ikegami accepted and moved to Tokyo where he worked as Mizuki's assistant for two and a half years.
From a young age Ikegami had admired
Takao Saito and
Yoshiharu Tsuge, so he was delighted to work with Tsuge as Mizuki's assistant.
Ikegami is also a fan of American comics, particularly
Neal Adams.
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 , a manga version of Spider-Man and collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya for the manga Box.
In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat.[" キャラクター造形学科 新設！！ ," Osaka University of Arts]
From 2016 to 2020, he and Sho Fumimura created Begin in Big Comic Superior.
A character called Kēichi Kurata (played by Masataka Kubota) in the TV-drama GeGeGe no Nyōbō is modeled after him. He did a collaboration manga for the anime Girls und Panzer.
Selected works
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スパイダーマン (1970–1971): Written by Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai
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I・餓男 アイウエオボーイ (1973–1977): Written by Kazuo Koike, serialized in general-interest magazine Shūkan Gendai
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男組 (1974–1979): Written by Tetsu Kariya, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday
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男大空 (1980–1982): Written by Tetsu Kariya, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday
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傷追い人 (1981–1986): Written by Kazuo Koike
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舞 (1985–1986): Written by Kazuya Kudō, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday
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信長 (1986–1987): Written by Kazuya Kudō
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クライングフリーマン (1986–1988): Written by Kazuo Koike
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オファード (1990–1991): Written by Kazuo Koike
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サンクチュアリ (1990–1995): Written by Sho Fumimura
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王立院雲丸の生涯 (1991–1992): Written by Oji Hiroi
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ストレイン (1996–1998): Written by Buronson
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HEAT-灼熱- (1998–2004): Written by Buronson
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ベスティア～流月抄 (2000–2004)
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覇-LORD- (2004–2011): Written by Buronson
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六文銭ロック (2013–2015): Written by Buronson
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Adamu to Ibu (2015–2016): Written by Hideo Yamamoto
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Begin (2016–2020):
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トリリオンゲーム (2020–present): Written by Riichiro Inagaki
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