COMIC ARTIST

Natsuki Takaya

1973 - Today

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Natsuki Takaya (Japanese: 高屋 奈月, Hepburn: Takaya Natsuki; born July 7, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket. Born Nana Hatake, Takaya was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut as a manga artist in 1992. Takaya had wanted to be a manga artist since first grade, when her sister started drawing. Her manga series Fruits Basket, which debuted in 1998, became one of the best selling shōjo manga in North America. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Natsuki Takaya is the 188th most popular comic artist, the 2,273rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,903rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Natsuki Takaya ranks 188 out of 226. Before her are Gege Akutami, Kōhei Horikoshi, Vivienne Medrano, Moyoco Anno, Katsura Hoshino, and Walt Kelly. After her are Kevin Eastman, Koyoharu Gotouge, Scott Adams, Shaun Tan, Arina Tanemura, and Paco Roca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Natsuki Takaya ranks 452. Before her are Marcelo Delgado, Tana French, Lee Min-sung, Gigi Galli, Jason Acuña, and Todd Boehly. After her are Jamie Bamber, Masato Sakai, Andreas Norlén, Óscar Pérez Rojas, Somluck Kamsing, and Georgi Kinkladze.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Natsuki Takaya ranks 2,273 out of 6,245. Before her are Akiko Sudo (1984), Sotaro Izumi (1992), Shinkichi Kikuchi (1967), Natsuki Hanae (1991), Kenichiro Hirata (1991), and Hideaki Ikematsu (1986). After her are Hiroaki Matsuyama (1967), Tōru Hashimoto (1969), Akemi Okamura (1969), Kei Nakano (1988), Yūko Miyamura (1972), and Cornelius (1969).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Natsuki Takaya ranks 67. Before her are Hiroyuki Takei (1972), One (1986), Gege Akutami (1992), Kōhei Horikoshi (1986), Moyoco Anno (1971), and Katsura Hoshino (1980). After her are Koyoharu Gotouge (1989), Arina Tanemura (1978), Nakaba Suzuki (1977), Nisio Isin (1981), Kentaro Yabuki (1980), and Yuki Urushibara (1974).

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