History Creator / RiyokoIkeda

* ''Manga/{{Claudine}}'': One of the first manga to treat {{transgender}} issues.

* ''Manga/OniisamaE'': A staple of the YuriGenre and TropeCodifier of many tropes.

* [[Manga/TheWindowOfOrpheus The Window of Orpheus]]: The story of a group of young male students in Germany during the early 1900s.

* ''Manga/{{Claudine}}'' - One of the first manga to treat {{transgender}} issues.
* ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' - A manga version of the opera written by Richard Wagner.
* ''Manga/OniisamaE'' - A staple of the YuriGenre and TropeCodifier of many tropes there.
* ''Manga/OrpheusNoMado'' - The story of a group of young male students in Germany during the early 1900s.
* ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' (and its sequel, ''Eikou no Napoleon - Eroica''): Pretty much ''the'' Riyoko Ikeda work, for many.

!!Some tropes found in her works are:
* TheBeautifulElite
* BiTheWay[=/=]HoYay[=/=]LesYay
* BreakTheCutie
* GenderAndSexualityTropes: {{transgender}} identity, [[BiTheWay bisexuality]], [[HoYay homosexuality]] and [[YuriGenre lesbianism]]
* LoveHurts
* {{Melodrama}}
* ShownTheirWork: If it has an historical setting, it's extremely accurate. ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' and ''Eroica'' even earned Ikeda the friggin' ''Légion d'honneur'' for their contribution to Japan's cultural awareness of France...
* WorldOfHam
* YuriGenre

[[caption-width-right:350: Riyoko Ikeda, next to the protagonist of ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles''.]]

Ikeda was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles''. She worked for the Shueisha group, with almost all of her works published in the shoujo magazine ''Margaret''. After ''Rose of Versailles'' concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for Asahi Shimbun. In the 2000s, Ikeda studied at a music school and became a singer. Her voice is in the soprano range. She made a comeback to the comic industry as a scenarist in 1999.

* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' (and its sequel, ''Eikou no Napoleon - Eroica''): Pretty much ''the'' Riyoko Ikeda work, for many.

* ShownTheirWork: If it has an historical setting, it's extremely accurate. ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' and ''Eroica'' even earned Ikeda the friggin' ''Légion d'honneur'' for their contribution to Japan's cultural awareness of France...

* GenderAndSexualityTropes: {{trans sexual}}ity, [[BiTheWay bisexuality]], [[HoYay homosexuality]] and [[YuriGenre lesbianism]]

!!Some of RiyokoIkeda's works are:

* ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' (and its sequel, ''Eikou no Napoleon - Eroica''): Pretty much ''the'' RiyokoIkeda work, for many.

Ikeda was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for ''RoseOfVersailles''. She worked for the Shueisha group, with almost all of her works published in the shoujo magazine ''Margaret''. After ''Rose of Versailles'' concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for Asahi Shimbun. In the 2000s, Ikeda studied at a music school and became a singer. Her voice is in the soprano range. She made a comeback to the comic industry as a scenarist in 1999.

* ''OniisamaE'' - A staple of the YuriGenre and TropeCodifier of many tropes there.
* ''OrpheusNoMado'' - The story of a group of young male students in Germany during the early 1900s.
* ''RoseOfVersailles'' (and its sequel, ''Eikou no Napoleon - Eroica''): Pretty much ''the'' RiyokoIkeda work, for many.

Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子 Ikeda Riyoko, born December 18, 1947, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and singer. She is included in the Year 24 Group: a group of female mangaka that became pioneers in the fields of manga, bringing up aesthetic and plot-wise changes in their works as well as opening the path for the appearance of female manga creators in general (other members are MotoHagio, Creator/KeikoTakemiya, YasukoAoike, YumikoOoshima et al.)

Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子 Ikeda Riyoko, born December 18, 1947, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and singer. She is included in the Year 24 Group: a group of female mangaka that became pioneers in the fields of manga, bringing up aesthetic and plot-wise changes in their works as well as opening the path for the appearance of female manga creators in general (other members are MotoHagio, KeikoTakemiya, YasukoAoike, YumikoOoshima et al.)

* GenderAndSexualityTropes: {{trans sexual}}ity, [[BiTheWay bisexuality]]. [[HoYay homosexuality]] and [[YuriGenre lesbianism]]

* GenderAndSexualityTropes: {{trans sexual}}ity, [[BiTheWay bisexuality]] and [[YuriGenre lesbianism]]

Ikeda was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for ''RoseOfVersailles''. After ''Rose of Versailles'' concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for Asahi Shimbun. In the 2000s, Ikeda studied at a music school and became a singer. Her voice is in the soprano range. She made a comeback to the comic industry as a scenarist in 1999.

* Manga/{{Claudine}} - One of the first manga to treat {{transgender}} issues.

* ''Claudine'' - One of the first manga to treat {{transgender}} issues.

* TheBeautifulPeople

Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子 Ikeda Riyoko, born December 18, 1947, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and singer. She is included in the Year 24 Group: a group of female mangaka that became pioneers in the fields of manga in general, bringing up aesthetic and plot-wise changes in their works as well as opening the path for the appearance of female creators in manga in general (other members are MotoHagio, KeikoTakemiya, YasukoAoike, YumikoOoshima et al.)

Riyoko Ikeda (池田 理代子 Ikeda Riyoko?, born December 18, 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist and singer. She is included in the Year 24 Group: a group of female mangaka that became pioneers in the fields of manga in general, bringing up aesthetic and plot-wise changes in their works as well as opening the path for the appearance of female creators in manga in general (other members are MotoHagio, KeikoTakemiya, YasukoAoike, YumikoOoshima, etc.)

She was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for RoseOfVersailles. After Rose of Versailles concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for Asahi Shimbun. In the 2000s Ikeda studied at a music school and became a singer. Her voice is in the soprano range. She made a comeback to the comic industry as a scenarist in 1999.

* Der Ring des Nibelungen - a manga version of the opera written by Richard Wagner.
* ''OniisamaE'' - A staple of the YuriGenre and TropeCodifier of many tropes there
* ''OrpheusNoMado'' - The story of a group of young male students in Germany during the early 1900's
* ''RoseOfVersailles'' (and its sequel ''Eikou no Napoleon - Eroica''): Pretty much THE RiyokoIkeda work, for many

* BiTheWay - HoYay - LesYay

* YuriGenre

She was one of the most popular Japanese comic artists in the 1970s, being best known for TheRoseofVersailles. After Rose of Versailles concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for Asahi Shimbun. In the 2000s Ikeda studied at a music school and became a singer. Her voice is in the soprano range. She made a comeback to the comic industry as a scenarist in 1999.

Her recent manga includes Der Ring des Nibelungen, a manga version of the opera written by Richard Wagner.

* HoYay and LesYay

* ''TheRoseOfVersailles'' (and its sequel ''Eikou no Napoleon - Eroica''): Pretty much THE RiyokoIkeda work, for many