is a Japanese shōjo

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Career

In the beginning of her career, she published mainly in the manga magazine ''

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'', where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with ''Maggie''. In 1993, her high school romance ''Pops'' was adapted as an OVA by Madhouse. Until the end of the 1990s, she was an exclusive artist for ''

Bessatsu Margaret , or for short, is a shōjo manga magazine published monthly in Japan by Shueisha since 1964. The stories featured in it are noted to have an emphasis on character growth, focusing on themes of interpersonal relationships and settings of ever ...

''. She received the 2000

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for shōjo for the series '' Barairo no Ashita'' ("Rose-Colored Tomorrow"), which she created for the magazine. In 1998, she decided to also do freelance work for other magazines than ''Bessatsu Margaret''. She published a short story in the newly-founded ''Cookie'' magazine. She created the series '' Kiyoku Yawaku'' for the magazine, which won her the 2009

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for shōjo. In 2013, ''Kiyoku Yawaku'' was adapted into a

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film starring Masami Nagasawa and

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. Ikuemi drew the cover art for Kazuyoshi Saito's October 2013 single "Kagerō", which was the film's theme song.

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* Women manga artists Manga artists from Hokkaido Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Japanese female comics artists Japanese female comics writers Living people 1964 births People from Nayoro {{manga-artist-stub