Io Sakisaka: Japanese Manga Creator and Source Work Author

Io Sakisaka (born in Japan) is a prominent Japanese manga creator best known for writing and illustrating works in the shojo manga genre. Her serializations have served as the foundational source material for several prominent live-action Japanese feature films and television drama series.

Major Manga Works and Media Adaptations

Sakisaka's illustrated works have regularly been adapted into screen productions. Notable feature film adaptations based on her original manga series include Blue Spring Ride (2014), Strobe Edge (2015), and Love Me, Love Me Not (2020).

In addition to cinema, her stories have been adapted into episodic television drama formats. Notable broadcast projects include multi-season adaptations of her works for WOWOW, such as the Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) drama series spanning seasons across 2023 and 2024, alongside subsequent television adaptations of Strobe Edge slated across 2025 and 2026.