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[[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==
 
==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.
 
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.

Revision as of 15:48, 2 March 2013

Kazuki Takahashi

Kazuki Takahashi working in his studio.

English name

Kazuki Takahashi

Japanese name

高橋和希

Rōmaji name

Takahashi Kazuki

Birth October 4, 1961
Gender Male
Occupation
  • Artist
  • Writer
  • Mangaka

Kazuki Takahashi, born October 4, 1961 in Tokyo, is the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series, which has spawned a number of spinoff anime and manga series, including Yu-Gi-Oh! R, Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, a large number of video games, several card and tabletop games, including the Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters Collectible Figure Game, Bandai's Official Card Game, Dungeon Dice Monsters, and the Official and Trading Card Games, and a huge array of merchandise.

Career

Personal life

Takahashi likes to play games, such as Shogi (Japanese chess),[1] Mahjong (the traditional Chinese tile game), card games, and tabletop role playing games.

Takahashi considers himself to be a procrastinator. He doesn't work until close to a deadline, at which point he always ask himself why he didn't start working earlier.[2]

Takahashi and Mike Mignola, the creator of the Hellboy comic book series, once participated in an art exchange. Takahashi, who is a fan of American comics, drew a picture of Hellboy with Yugi Mutou's hairdo, the Millennium Puzzle, and a Duel Disk. Mignola drew a picture of Hellboy wearing the Millennium Puzzle and a Yugi t-shirt, and the two exchanged their artworks. He also collaborated with Yoshio Sawai by sending him a picture of Yugi that was used in the manga Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Bobobo makes Yugi come out of his afro). In return, Takahashi included the 'nu' handkerchief in one of the panels in Yu-Gi-Oh! during the Egypt arc.

References

  1. Yu-Gi-Oh! Volume 4: "Kaiba's Revenge"; foreword
  2. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Volume 20: "Evil Vs. Evil"; foreword

External links