Koi Ikeno

is a manga author and illustrator. She was born April 16, 1959, in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

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.

Works Her works include both short manga and series.

Short manga (one-shot, 1979 in Ribon special issue, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) (collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) (one-shot, November 1979 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) (one-shot, March 1980 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) (one-shot, July 1980 issue of Ribon, collected in Chotto Otogibanashi) (three chapters, January-March 1981, collected in Mai-chan Non-Stop) (one-shot, June 1981 issue of Ribon, collected in Mai-chan Non-Stop) (collected in I Want to Become a Heroine) (October 1993 in Ribon Original, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection) (Ribon summer special issue 1998, collected in Liars' Season) (February 2000 in Ribon Original, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection) (, collected in Ikeno Koi Exciting Short Story Collection) (September 2010 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If) (2011 in Comic Iwate) (2013 in Cookie, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (May 2020 - January 2021 in Cookie, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, )

Series (1981-1982 in Ribon, 1 volume, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (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) (1996-1998, 4 volumes, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha) (1998-1999 in Ribon Original, collected in Liars' Season) (October 2001, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, )

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, ) Tokimeki Tonight Side Story: (September 2009 in Cookie, collected in Frame of If) Tokimeki Midnight (2002-2009 in Cookie, 9 volumes, Shueisha) Tokimeki Midnight Side Story: (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 (December 1980, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (October 1981, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (July 1991, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (September 1999, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (August 2009, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, ) (February 2011, Ribon Mascot Comics, Shueisha, )