Ryo Ikuemi
{{Short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Expand Japanese|topic=culture|いくえみ綾|date=February 2009}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| name = Ryo Ikuemi
いくえみ綾
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|2}}
| birth_place = Nayoro, Hokkaidō
| nationality = Japanese
| area = Writer, Manga artist
| notable works = Pops
Bara-Iro no Ashita
Kiyoku Yawaku
| awards = 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo
2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo
| manga = Yes
}}
{{nihongo|Ryo Ikuemi|いくえみ綾|Ikuemi Ryō|born October 2, 1964 in Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan|lead=yes}} is a Japanese shōjo manga artist.
Career
In the beginning of her career, she published mainly in the manga magazine Margaret, where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with Maggie. In 1993, her high school romance Pops was adapted as an OVA by Madhouse.{{cite web|title=POPS|url=http://www.madhouse.co.jp/works/1993-1992/works_ova_pops.html|website=Madhouse Works|access-date=20 October 2017}} Until the end of the 1990s, she was an exclusive artist for Bessatsu Margaret. She received the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for the series Barairo no Ashita ("Rose-Colored Tomorrow"), which she created for the magazine.{{cite web | url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 | publisher=Shogakukan | language=ja | access-date=2007-08-19 | archive-date=2005-04-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050424231028/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html | url-status=dead }}
In 1998, she decided to also do freelance work for other magazines than Bessatsu Margaret. She published a short story in the newly-founded Cookie magazine.{{Cite web |title=Cookie |url=http://cookie.shueisha.co.jp/interview/01.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=cookie.shueisha.co.jp |language=ja}} She created the series Kiyoku Yawaku for the magazine, which won her the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.{{Cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-12/33rd-annual-kodansha-manga-awards-announced | title=33rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced | access-date=15 May 2009 | publisher=Anime News Network}} In 2013, Kiyoku Yawaku was adapted into a live-action film starring Masami Nagasawa and Masaki Okada.{{Cite web | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-20/masami-nagasawa-masaki-okada-to-star-in-kiyoku-yawaku-film | title=Masami Nagasawa and Masaki Okada to Star in Kiyoku Yawaku film | access-date=5 February 2015 | publisher=Anime News Network}} Ikuemi drew the cover art for Kazuyoshi Saito's October 2013 single "Kagerō", which was the film's theme song.{{cite web |title=斉藤和義、いくえみ綾ジャケ&漫画付きCD1万枚限定発売 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2027748/full/ |work=Oricon |language=Japanese |date=2013-08-19 |accessdate=2021-03-28}}
References
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External links
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{{Kodansha Manga Award - Shōjo}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōjo}}
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Category:Manga artists from Hokkaido
Category:Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo)
Category:Japanese female comics artists
Category:Japanese female comics writers
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