Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox comics creator Template:Nihongo (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
- 1985: Shadow Man
- 1985–1986: Spinoza
- 1988: Katajikenai
- 1988: G
- 1989–1991: Astroid
- 2002–hiatus: Ultra Heaven
- 2003: Heaven's Door
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