==Career==
===Creations===
[[File:Yuma_Duel_Art-032.jpg|thumb|Takahashi's Drawing of Yuma]]
Takahashi personally created, among other monsters, "[[Dark Magician]]", the "[[Elemental Heroes]]", "[[Junk Synchron]]", "[[Stardust Dragon]]", "[[Red Dragon Archfiend]]" (another of his "[[wikipedia:Hellraiser|Hellraiser]]" inspirations besides "[[Jinzo]]"), and "[[Number 39: Utopia]]". As expected, he also created and hand drew the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' protagonists ([[Yugi Muto]], [[Yami Yugi]], [[Jaden Yuki]], [[Yusei Fudo]], [[Yuma Tsukumo]], and well as several key characters.
==Personal life==
Takahashi likes to play games, such as Shogi (Japanese chess),<ref>''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Volume 4: "[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 004|Kaiba's Revenge]]"; foreword</ref> Mahjong (the traditional Chinese tile game), card games, and tabletop role playing games.
