Keiichi Koike

Japanese manga artist

Keiichi Koike

小池桂一

Born| 1960
Tokyo
Nationality| Japanese

Notable works

| Ultra Heaven

Keiichi Koike (小池桂一, Koike Keiichi) (born in 1960) is a Japanese manga artist.

Born in Tokyo, Koike won the prestigious Tezuka Award in 1976, when he was 16.[1]

His style, similar to Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius, is marked by vivid representations of psychedelic experiences.[2]

Drugs are an important part of his inspiration: "Except peyotl, I have tried almost everything: hashish, heroin, cocain, acid, magic mushrooms... From a strictly graphical point of view, however, LSD is most important by far..." He is best known as the author of manga Heaven's Door and Ultra Heaven.[1]

His work was first presented to English audiences in 2016.[3]

## Works

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* 1985: Shadow Man
* 1985–1986: Spinoza
* 1988: Katajikenai
* 1988: G
* 1989–1991: Astroid
* 2002–hiatus: Ultra Heaven
* 2003: Heaven's Door

## References

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1. ^ a b Stephane Jarno (6 November 2010). "Keiichi Koike, le mangaka qui met ses trips sur la table" (in French). Telerama. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
2. ^ Baptiste Gilleron (3 October 2009). "Heaven's Door - Par Keiichi Koike - Glénat" (in French). Actua BD. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
3. ^ Shea Hennum, Tegan O'Neil, Caitlin Rosberg, and Oliver Sava (12 January 2016). "Humanoids' attempt to represent global comics shows just another boys' club". AV Club. Retrieved 18 March 2017.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Authority control databases

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* ISNI
* VIAF

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* France
* BnF data
* Japan

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* CiNii

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* IdRef

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