Kazuki Takahashi

Kazuki Takahashi (高橋 和希, Takahashi Kazuki, also known as Kazuo Takahashi (高橋 一雅, Takahashi Kazuo), born October 4, 1961)[1] is a Japanese manga artist and game creator, best known for creating Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Kazuki Takahashi
Takahashi in 2005
Born
Takahashi Kazuki (高橋 和希)

(1961-10-04) October 4, 1961
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesKazuo Takahashi (高橋 一雅, Takahashi Kazuo)
OccupationManga artist animator, Anime Director & Writer
Years active1981–present
Known forYu-Gi-Oh!
Spouse(s)N/A
ChildrenTBA
Websitestudio-dice.com
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Career

Takahashi started as a manga artist in 1982. His first work was Tokiō no taka (闘輝王の鷹, Fighting Hawk), published in 1990. One of his earliest works, Tennenshoku Danji Buray (天然色男児BURAY), was published from 1991 to 1992 and lasted two volumes. Takahashi did not find success until 1996, when he created Yu-Gi-Oh!

Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh! manga led to the creation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game published by Konami. Originally intended as a one-shot in the manga's episodic introduction of new games, the game was named "Magic and Wizards" as a reference to the card game Magic: The Gathering and its publishing company Wizards of the Coast (the card game's name was changed to "Duel Monsters" in the anime adaptations). However, Shueisha, the publisher of the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, received so many letters and fan-mail asking about "Magic and Wizards" that Takahashi decided to extend it.

Takahashi has continued to supervise the creation of Yu-Gi-Oh! manga since the end of the original manga's run.[2]

In 2013, the one shot manga Drump was released in Weekly Shōnen Jump, based on a new game by Kazuki Takahashi.[3]

In 2015, the manga artist received the Inkpot award from Comic-Con International for his outstanding contributions to comics.[4][5]

In 2018, Takahashi published the limited series The Comiq in Weekly Shōnen Jump.[6]

Artist exchanges

Takahashi collaborated with Yoshio Sawai by drawing a picture of Dark Yugi for Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, where he pops out of Bobobo's afro at one point.[7] In return, Takahashi included the nu handkerchief in a panel of the thirty-fourth volume of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Takahashi and Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, also participated in an art exchange (with Takahashi drawing Hellboy with Yugi Mutou's hairdo, a Millennium Puzzle, and a duel disk and Mignola drawing Hellboy wearing a Millennium Puzzle and a Yugi T-shirt).[8]

Personal life

Takahashi likes to play games such as shogi, mahjong, card games, and tabletop role-playing games.[9]

In an interview with Shonen Jump, Takahashi stated that his favorite manga from other authors included Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki, and Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. He also enjoys reading American comics, with Hellboy being his favorite American comic book character.

His pet dog, a shiba inu named Taro (タロ), was the basis for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game monster card Shiba-Warrior Taro (柴（しば）戦（せん）士（し）タロ); the card's artwork was personally drawn by Takahashi.[10][11]

References
  1. "KAZUKI TAKAHASHI". www.kidswb.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Kazuki TAKAHASHI". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  3. "Anime News Network - Kazuki Takahashi Draws 'Drump' 1-Shot 9 Years After Yu-Gi-Oh's End".
  4. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator Kazuki Takahashi Receives Comic-Con Int'l's Inkpot Award". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  5. Luster, Joseph. ""Yu-Gi-Oh!" Creator Kazuki Takahashi Honored with SDCC's Inkpot Award". Crunchyroll (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 5, 2018). "Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga Creator Kazuki Takahashi Launches Short Manga in Shonen Jump". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  7. Drye, Terrance (September 3, 2018). "Fun fact: During the fight against Halekulani in Chapter 104 of the official 'Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo' manga, Bobobo uses his "trump card" against Halekulani.To which he summons Slifer, The Sky Dragon by using Atem to summon it". Twitter. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  8. "When Yugi Met Hellboy..." Shonen Jump. Volume 2, Issue 9. September 2004. VIZ Media. 330.
  9. "SHONEN JUMP". SHONEN JUMP. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  10. "「柴戦士タロ」があ出頭え!?" [Shiba-Warrior Taro appears!?]. ジャンプSTUDIO発掘隊 [JUMP STUDIO FINDING CORPS]. ジャンプ流！ [JUMP-RYU] (DVD付分冊マンガ講座 [magazine bundled with DVD containing some of the same content in video format]) (in Japanese). Vol. 8. Shueisha. April 21, 2016. p. 7.
  11. https://twitter.com/jc_jumpryu/status/723358137856589828
  • Studio Dice - Kazuki Takahashi's Official website (Japanese)
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