Background
Ikeda was born in Miyazaki in 1976.
池田晃久
Ikeda was born in Miyazaki in 1976.
His first work, Kiruto, debuted in 2002 in Monthly Shōnen Jump. lieutenant is described as a "four-volume magical warrior fantasy series". Rosario + Vampire debuted in Monthly Shōnen Jump in March 2004 and continues in Jump Square (Jump SQ) as Rosario+Vampire: Season World War II Rosario has been adapted into a drama Civil Defense and anime series, as well as some video games.
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. 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". 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 afterwards. 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.
