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.
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