Akihisa Ikeda

is a Japanese manga artist known for the manga Rosario + Vampire.

Biography Ikeda was born in Miyazaki in 1976. and continued in Jump Square (Jump SQ) as Rosario+Vampire: Season II until its conclusion in 2014. He has mentioned having the same editor since he was 16 until the beginning of volume 7 of Rosario. In the March 2014 issue, Ikeda concluded the Rosario series.

In July 2020, Ikeda serialized a new manga series "Ghost Reaper Girl" in Shonen Jump+ under the name of .

Influences Ikeda has mentioned that he has been a huge fan of vampires and monsters since he was a child. He also enjoys reading detective novels from "Holmes, Lupin, Kindaichi, Nijyumenso and the like". In an interview at Lucca Comics 2012, Ikeda says he is a big fan of Tim Burton and was inspired by his works, including The Nightmare Before Christmas, and particularly Edward Scissorhands because the monster has a sensitive soul. He had researched various monsters from the encyclopedias and the Internet. His first character design for Rosario was Moka Akashiya, a beautiful girl vampire with a crucifix around her neck; he then created the school of monsters and Tsukune afterward. He credits the beautiful girls for the series' popularity but added the fighting elements. After the first series ended with the retirement of the Monthly Shōnen Jump magazine, and with the serialization in a second magazine, Jump Square, he retitled the second series to give it a sense of renewal.

Notable works Kiruto (2002) Rosario + Vampire (2004–07) Rosario + Vampire: Season II (2008–14) Ghost Reaper Girl (2020)