Koi Ikeno
She was born April 16, 1959, in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. She created Tokimeki Tonight in the 1980s and Nurse Angel Ririka in the 1990s, two manga series which received anime adaptations that ran while the manga was ongoing.
Also recorded as Ikeno Koi
Koi Ikeno
- Name
- Koi Ikeno
- Born
- 16 April 1959
- Birthplace
- Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- mangaka · cartoonist
- Known for
- Tokimeki Tonight · Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
- Languages
- Japanese
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She was born April 16, 1959, in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. She created Tokimeki Tonight in the 1980s and Nurse Angel Ririka in the 1990s, two manga series which received anime adaptations that ran while the manga was ongoing.
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Koi Ikeno (born 1959) is a Japanese cartoonist and mangaka. The cartoonist was born in Hanamaki.
Works include Nurse Angel Ririka SOS and Tokimeki Tonight. Languages used include Japanese.
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Key facts
• Name — Koi Ikeno • Native Name — 池野 恋 • Born — 16 April 1959 • Birthplace — Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan • Notable Works — * Tokimeki Tonight • Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
Works
Works
Her works include both short manga and series.
Short manga
Short manga
• Hapī Endo Monogatari (one-shot, 1979 in Ribon special issue, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) • Doyō no Gogo wa Tsurazue Tsuite (collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) • Terepashii ni Goyou Gokoro! (one-shot, November 1979 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) • Tonari no One Pattern (one-shot, March 1980 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) • Chotto Otogibanashi (one-shot, July 1980 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) • Mai-chan Non-Stop (three chapters, January-March 1981, collected in Mai-chan Non-Stop) • Meddler ½ (one-shot, June 1981 issue of Ribon, collected in Mai-chan Non-Stop) • Kimagure Time Machine (collected in I Want to Become a Heroine) • Yumemiru Tamago (October 1993 in Ribon Original, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection) • Midsummer Door (Ribon summer special issue 1998, collected in Liars' Season) • Lady Angel (February 2000 in Ribon Original, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection) • Midwinter Chime (collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection) • Frame of If (September 2010 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If) • Gift of the Wind (2011 in Comic Iwate) • Wakamurasaki (2013 in Cookie, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Buraddi Buraido: Kyūketsuki no Konkatsu (May 2020 - January 2021 in Cookie, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha)
Series
Series
• Mechanko Kyōshitsu (1981-1982 in Ribon, 1 volume, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • I Want to Become a Heroine (January - March 1991 in Ribon, collected in I Want to Become a Heroine) • Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (January 1995 – June 1996, 4 volumes, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Oshiete Nanoka (1996-1998, 4 volumes, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Usotsuki na Shīzun (1998-1999 in Ribon Original, collected in Liars' Season) • Misty Boy (October 2001, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha)
Tokimeki series
Tokimeki series
• Tokimeki Tonight (July 1982 – October 1994 in Ribon, 30 volumes, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Tokimeki Tonight: Hoshi no Yukue (2000, 1 volume, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Tokimeki Tonight Side Story: Itsumo Tokimeite (September 2009 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If) • Tokimeki Midnight (2002-2009 in Cookie, 9 volumes, Shueisha) • Tokimeki Midnight Side Story: Itsumo Tokimeite (October 2009 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If) • Tokimeki Tonight: Sore kara (2021-present in Cookie, 3 volumes as of November 2023, Shueisha)
Collections
Collections
• Chotto Otogibanashi (December 1980, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Mai-chan Non-Stop (October 1981, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • I Want to Become a Heroine (July 1991, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Usotsuki na Shīzun (September 1999, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection (August 2009, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) • Frame of If (February 2011, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha)
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