Editing Riyoko Ikeda (section)

== Career ==
Ikeda began publishing manga in the magazine ''Kashihonya'' while studying philosophy.<ref name="lambiek">{{cite web |title=Riyoko Ikeda |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/ikeda_riyoko.htm |website=Lambiek Comiclopedia |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320054440/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/i/ikeda_riyoko.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She debuted in 1967 with ''Bara Yashiki no Shōjo''.<ref name="lambiek" />

Ikeda has written and illustrated many [[shōjo manga]], many of which are based on [[history|historical]] events, such as the [[French Revolution]] or the [[Russian Revolution of 1917|Russian Revolution]]. Her use of foreign settings and androgynous themes made ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'' and ''[[Orpheus no Mado]]'' enormous successes.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Halldór |last=Stefánsson |year=1994 |chapter=Foreign myths and sagas in Japan: the academics and the cartoonists |title=Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse|pages=88| editor-first=Gísli |editor-last=Pálsson |publisher=Berg Publishers |isbn=1-85973-021-3}}</ref>

Her most famous manga is ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]'', also known as ''Lady Oscar'' in Europe. This manga, loosely based on the [[French Revolution]], has been made into several [[Takarazuka Revue|Takarazuka]] [[musical theater|musical]]s, an [[anime]] series, and a [[Lady Oscar (film)|live-action film]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-24 |title=Interview: Riyoko Ikeda Reflects on Gender Inequality in Her 20s and Staying True to Her Beliefs |url=https://us.oricon-group.com/news/3213/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Japan Anime News powered by ORICON NEWS |language=en-US}}</ref>After ''Rose of Versailles'' concluded, Ikeda wrote articles for ''[[Asahi Shimbun]]''. In 1985 Ikeda began studying at [[Tokyo College of Music]] at which she graduated from in 1999 and began performing as an [[opera]] singer.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=SHUEISHA MANGA-ART HERITAGE（集英社マンガアートヘリテージ） |url=https://mangaart.jp/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=mangaart.jp}}</ref> Her voice is in the [[soprano]] range.<ref name=Animeland/> She made a comeback to the comic industry as a script writer in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fan.sleety.org/riyokoikeda/index.php?page=about|title=Historia de Amour — Riyoko Ikeda fanlisting|access-date=August 13, 2018|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813112349/http://fan.sleety.org/riyokoikeda/index.php?page=about|url-status=live}}</ref>  Her recent manga includes ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''. It is a manga version of the [[opera]] written by [[Richard Wagner]]. Recently her series [[The Rose of Versailles]] received a [[The Rose of Versailles (film)|movie adaptation]] by [[MAPPA|studio MAPPA]] which released in Japan in late January of 2025.

In 2008, she was awarded France's [[Legion of Honour|National Order of the Legion of Honour]] for her contributions to Japan's cultural awareness of France and received the medal of ''Chevalier'' from the French ambassador to Japan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-12/rose-of-versailles-ikeda-receives-france-top-honor|title=Rose of Versailles' Ikeda Receives France's Top Honor|date=March 12, 2009|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 11, 2009|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611142544/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-12/rose-of-versailles-ikeda-receives-france-top-honor|url-status=live}}</ref> She was awarded the Japan Cartoonists Association Award of Excellence work [[The Window of Orpheus|Orpheus no Mado]] in 1980.<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=SHUEISHA MANGA-ART HERITAGE（集英社マンガアートヘリテージ） |url=https://mangaart.jp/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=mangaart.jp}}</ref>

She was also a guest at the 2011 [[Angoulême International Comics Festival]].<ref name="Animeland">{{cite web|url=http://www.animeland.com/news/voir/2135/Riyoko-Ikeda-au-festival-d-Angouleme|title=Riyoko Ikeda au festival d'Angoulême|last=Fallaix|first=Olivier|date=November 17, 2010|publisher=Animeland|language=fr|access-date=October 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120142644/http://www.animeland.com/news/voir/2135/Riyoko-Ikeda-au-festival-d-Angouleme|archive-date=November 20, 2010}}</ref> In 2010 she attended [[Romics]] in [[Rome]] and performed with Yoshitaka Murata and Giacomo Rocchetti.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ladyoscar40anni |date=2021-12-29 |title=Riyoko Ikeda a Roma nel 2010 |url=https://ladyoscar40anni.altervista.org/riyoko-ikeda-a-roma-nel-2010/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=La mia vita con Lady Oscar |language=it-IT}}</ref> Ikeda also worked on a three part opera by the title of Nemuro Otoko which was composed in 2021 and performed in [[Finland]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Finland |first=Music |title=Nemuru Otoko |url=https://core.musicfinland.fi/works/nemuru-otoko |access-date=2025-02-25}}</ref>