Ikeda Riyoko

Ikeda made her debut in 1967 with [Bara Yashiki no Shoujo](https://anilist.co/manga/111369/Bara-Yashiki-no-Shoujo) in Shoujo Friend when she still was a philosophy student. She was the first to pick up a historic theme in her highly acclaimed [Versailles no Bara](https://anilist.co/manga/30660/Versailles-no-Bara) and did other impressive historical works. She is part of the Year 24 Group. It's rumored she had an affair with a politician and Ikeda disappeared from the manga-scene around the mid-80's. However she returned at the end of 1998 again with [Orpheus no Mado Gaiden](https://anilist.co/manga/94262/Orpheus-no-Mado-Gaiden). In 2008, Ikeda received France's Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur.