Koi Ikeno (池野 恋, Ikeno Koi, born April 16, 1959) is a manga author and illustrator. She was born April 16, 1959, in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.^[1]

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.^[1][2]

Works

Her works include both short manga and series.

Short manga

• Happy End Story (Happy Endものがたり, Hapī Endo Monogatari) (one-shot, 1979 in Ribon special issue, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi)
• Doyō no Gogo wa Tsurazue Tsuite (土曜の午後は頬づえついて) (collected in Chotto Otogibanashi)
• Terepashii ni Goyou Gokoro! (テレパシーにご用心!, Terepashī ni Goyō Gokoro) (one-shot, November 1979 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi)
• Tonari no One Pattern (となりのワン・パターン, Tonari no Wan Patān) (one-shot, March 1980 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi)
• Chotto Otogibanashi (ちょっとおとぎ話) (one-shot, July 1980 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi)
• Mai-chan Non-Stop (舞ちゃんノン・ストップ, Mai-chan Non-Sutoppu) (three chapters, January-March 1981, collected in Mai-chan Non-Stop)
• Meddler ½ (おじゃま虫½, Ojama Mushi ½) (one-shot, June 1981 issue of Ribon, collected in Mai-chan Non-Stop)
• Kimagure Time Machine (きまぐれタイム・マシン, Kimagure Taimu Mashin) (collected in I Want to Become a Heroine)
• Yumemiru Tamago (夢見るタマゴ) (October 1993 in Ribon Original, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection)
• Midsummer Door (真夏のドア, Manatsu no Doa) (Ribon summer special issue 1998, collected in Liars' Season)
• Lady Angel (レディ・エンジェル, Redi Enjeru) (February 2000 in Ribon Original, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection)
• Midwinter Chime (真冬のチャイム, Mafuyu no Chaimu) (, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection)
• Frame of If (ifの額縁, Ifu no Furēmu) (September 2010 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If)
• Gift of the Wind (風のおくりもの, Kaze no Okurimono) (2011 in Comic Iwate)
• Wakamurasaki (わかむらさき) (2013 in Cookie, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-867289-2)
• Bloody Bride: Vampire Dating (ブラッディ・ブライド-吸血鬼の婚活-, Buraddi Buraido: Kyūketsuki no Konkatsu) (May 2020 - January 2021 in Cookie, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-867670-8)

Series

• Mechanko Kyōshitsu (めちゃんこ教室) (1981-1982 in Ribon, 1 volume, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-853231-7)
• I Want to Become a Heroine (ヒロインになりたい, Hiroin ni Naritai) (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 (おしえて菜花) (1996-1998, 4 volumes, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha)
• Liars' Season (うそつきなシーズン, Usotsuki na Shīzun) (1998-1999 in Ribon Original, collected in Liars' Season)
• Misty Boy (ミスティボーイ, Misuti Bōi) (October 2001, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4088563239)

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, ISBN 4-08-856201-1)
• Tokimeki Tonight Side Story: Itsumo Tokimeite (いつもときめいて) (September 2009 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If)
• Tokimeki Midnight (2002-2009 in Cookie, 9 volumes, Shueisha)
• Tokimeki Midnight Side Story: Itsumo Tokimeite (いつもときめいて) (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

• Chotto Otogibanashi (ちょっとおとぎ話) (December 1980, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-853192-2)
• Mai-chan Non-Stop (舞ちゃんノン・ストップ, Mai-chan Non-Sutoppu) (October 1981, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-853215-5)
• I Want to Become a Heroine (ヒロインになりたい, Hiroin ni Naritai) (July 1991, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-853572-3)
• Liars' Season (うそつきなシーズン, Usotsuki na Shīzun) (September 1999, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-856164-3)
• Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection (池野恋 ときめき短編集, Ikeno Koi Tokimeki Tanpen Shū) (August 2009, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-867005-1)
• Frame of If (ifの額縁, Ifu no Furēmu) (February 2011, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-867105-5)