Kazuki Takahashi

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This article is about the manga artist. For other people, see Kazuki Takahashi (footballer, born 1996) and Kazuki Takahashi (footballer, born 1999).
Kazuki Takahashi
File:Kazuki takahashi.jpg
Takahashi in 2005
Born (1961-10-04)4 October 1961
Tokyo, Japan
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Body discovered Off the coast of Nago, Okinawa, Japan
Other names Kazuo Takahashi (高橋 一雅 Takahashi Kazuo?)
Occupation Manga artist, animator, anime director and writer
Years active 1981–2022
Known for Yu-Gi-Oh!
Website studio-dice.com

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Kazuki Takahashi (高橋 和希 Takahashi Kazuki?, also known as Kazuo Takahashi (高橋 一雅 Takahashi Kazuo?); October 4, 1961 – July 2022)[1][2][3] was a Japanese manga artist and game creator, best known for creating Yu-Gi-Oh!.

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 originally by Bandai, then later 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.[4]

In 2013, the one shot manga Drump was released in Weekly Shōnen Jump, based on a new game by Kazuki Takahashi.[5]

In 2015, the manga artist received the Inkpot award from Comic-Con International for his outstanding contributions to comics.[6][7]

In 2018, Takahashi published the limited series The Comiq in Weekly Shōnen Jump.[8]

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.[9] 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).[10]

Personal life

Takahashi liked to play games such as shogi, mahjong, card games, and tabletop role-playing games.[11]

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 enjoyed 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.[12][13]

Death

On July 6, 2022, Takahashi was found dead 300 metres off the shore of Nago, Okinawa by Japan Coast Guard officers following a civilian report from a passing boat.[14] Takahashi had been wearing snorkeling gear at the time of his death.[15] It seems that he died a few days prior.[2]:{{{3}}} The Japan Coast Guard is conducting an investigation into the incident.[16]

References

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  10. ↑ "When Yugi Met Hellboy..." Shonen Jump. Volume 2, Issue 9. September 2004. VIZ Media. 330.
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  14. ↑ https://www.siliconera.com/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-has-died/
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External links

  • Studio Dice - Kazuki Takahashi's Official website (Japanese)
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