Shouko Ikeda

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Shouko Ikeda was one of Kyoto Animation's leading animators.

She went through the Yoyogi animation school and upon graduating joined Kyoto Animation in 1996. The same year she made her debut as an in-betweener on Doraemon. She also notably served as an animation director on the Inuyasha episodes that were outsourced to Kyoto Animation. In 2006, she was brought to the spotlight with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, a show in which she was the character designer and sole chief animation director. The designs of the series, as well as the general presentation was very well received amongst animation fans.

She has no blood relationship with Kazumi Ikeda.

On July 18, 2019, Ikeda was tragically killed alongside 34 of her colleagues in the Kyoto Animation arson attack.