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 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Natsuki Takaya is the 194th most popular comic artist (down from 188th in 2024), the 2,303rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,902nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Natsuki Takaya ranks 194 out of 226. Before her are Tetsurō Araki, Vivienne Medrano, Moyoco Anno, Yoko Kamio, 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 470. Before her are Marcelo Delgado, Tana French, Lee Min-sung, Gigi Galli, Jason Acuña, and Todd Boehly. After her are Russell Dlamini, Jamie Bamber, Masato Sakai, Andreas Norlén, Óscar Pérez Rojas, and Somluck Kamsing.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Natsuki Takaya ranks 2,303 out of 6,245. Before her are Sotaro Izumi (1992), Shinkichi Kikuchi (1967), Yua Aida (1984), 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), Ai Orikasa (1963), and Yūko Miyamura (1972).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Natsuki Takaya ranks 73. Before her are Kia Asamiya (1963), Kōhei Horikoshi (1986), Tetsurō Araki (1976), Moyoco Anno (1971), Yoko Kamio (1966), and Katsura Hoshino (1980). After her are Koyoharu Gotouge (1989), Arina Tanemura (1978), Nakaba Suzuki (1977), Tatsuya Endo (1980), Nisio Isin (1981), and Hideaki Sorachi (1979).

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