| Ryoichi Ikegami 池上 遼一 | |
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 Ryoichi Ikegami in 2023 | |
| Born | May 29, 1944 Takefu, Fukui, Japan |
| Area(s) | Manga artist |
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Ryoichi Ikegami (Japanese: 池上 遼一, Hepburn: Ikegami Ryōichi, born May 29, 1944) 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.[2] Yoshihide Fujiwara is a former assistant of Ikegami's.
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ "Attack on Titan's Hajime Isayama Receives Angoulême's 'Special 50th Edition' Award". 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-31.