Akihisa Ikeda
Born October 25, 1976 is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga Rosario + Vampire.
Akihisa Ikeda
- Name
- Akihisa Ikeda
- Born
- 25 October 1976
- Birthplace
- Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist
- Known for
- Rosario + Vampire
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Miyazaki Prefectural Nichinan High School
- Languages
- Japanese
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Key facts
• Name — Akihisa Ikeda • Native Name — 池田晃久 • Born — 25 October 1976 • Birthplace — Nichinan, Miyazaki, Japan • Occupation — Manga artist • Years Active — 2002-present • Known for — Rosario + Vampire
Biography
Biography
Ikeda was born in Miyazaki in 1976. His first work, Kiruto, debuted in 2002 in Monthly Shōnen Jump. It is described as a "four-volume magical warrior fantasy series". Rosario + Vampire debuted in Monthly Shōnen Jump in March 2004 and continued in Jump Square (Jump SQ) as Rosario+Vampire: Season II until its conclusion in 2014. Rosario has been adapted into a drama CD and anime series, as well as some video games. He has mentioned having the same editor since he was 16 until the beginning of volume 7 of Rosario. In the March 2014 issue, Ikeda concluded the Rosario series. In July 2020, Ikeda serialized a new manga series "Ghost Reaper Girl" in Shonen Jump+ under the name of Akissa Saike.
Notable works
Notable works
• Kiruto (2002) • Rosario + Vampire (2004–07) • Rosario + Vampire: Season II (2008–14) • Ghost Reaper Girl (2020)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1976
Akihisa Ikeda born at Nichinan.
Influences
Ikeda has mentioned that he has been a huge fan of vampires and monsters since he was a child. He also enjoys reading detective novels from "Holmes, Lupin, Kindaichi, Nijyumenso and the like". In an interview at Lucca Comics 2012, Ikeda says he is a big fan of Tim Burton and was inspired by his works, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, and particularly Edward Scissorhands because the monster has a sensitive soul. He had researched various monsters from the encyclopedias and the Internet. His first character design for Rosario was Moka Akashiya, a beautiful girl vampire with a crucifix around her neck; he then created the school of monsters and Tsukune afterward. He credits the beautiful girls for the series' popularity but added the fighting elements. After the first series ended with the retirement of the Monthly Shōnen Jump magazine, and with the serialization in a second magazine, Jump Square, he retitled the second series to give it a sense of renewal.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Akihisa Ikeda. Simon and Schuster.
- 2.Rosario + Vampire manga Volume 1, author's profile
- 3.Rosario + Vampire manga Volume 7, author's notes
- 4.Rosario + Vampire Season II Manga Ending in February. Anime News Network.
- 5.Mateo, Alex. Viz Media's Shonen Jump Publishes Rosario + Vampire Creator's Ghost Reaper Girl Manga in Left-to-Right Format. Anime News Network. July 16, 2020.
- 6.Akihisa Saike(Akihisa Ikeda). The reason I changed my pen name is that Akihisa Ikeda is my real name.There were a lot of inconveniences in my daily life when I work under my real name.I also didn't like the feeling that life and work were inseparable. 1409267464559493122. 28 June 2021.
- 7.Rosario + Vampire manga Volume 8, author's notes
- 8.Kakaroth, Shinji. GP Publishing: Intervista ad Akihisa Ikeda. Nanoda.com. Web Agency Meta Line. 2012-11-08.
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