Naoko Takeuchi
Creator of Sailor Moon and licensed pharmacist.
Christopher Fritz · via Wikipedia: Naoko Takeuchi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the Sailor Moon series.[1]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 15 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
- Occupation
- Manga artist
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Notable works
- Sailor Moon, Codename: Sailor V
- Other names
- Sumire Shirobara
- Spouse
- Yoshihiro Togashi (1999)
- Children
- 2
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
She produced 60 chapters of Sailor Moon, collected in 18 volumes, during that six-year period.[2] Takeuchi met Yoshihiro Togashi at a Weekly Shōnen Jump meeting and married him in 1999.[3][4] In 2012, a new Sailor Moon anime adaptation was announced, and Takeuchi started a Kanzenban version of the manga.[5] At Kofu Ichi High School, Takeuchi was a member of both the astronomy and manga clubs, and her school uniform was a sailor suit.[6]
The serialization of Sailor Moon in Nakayoshi began in December 1991, and it quickly became very popular.[2] From 1991 through 1997, Takeuchi was simultaneously creating Sailor Moon and Sailor V.[2] A son born in January 2001 and a daughter born in 2009 are the two children of the couple.[4]
What the cited sources add
An Anime News Network report confirmed that Takeuchi wrote the lyrics for the Sailor Moon Crystal ending theme song "Gekkō" under the penname "Shirobara sumire"[7] The same source noted that Takeuchi made her manga debut with her Love Call story in 1986.[8] Another Anime News Network report stated that the two-part film Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie opened in Japan in early summer 2023.[9] That report also confirmed that Netflix began streaming the two-part Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie worldwide on June 3.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Naoko Takeuchi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schodt, "Dreamland Japan (2nd ed.)", Stone Bridge Press, 1999; Hahn, "Kodansha Manga Award", Comic Book Awards Almanac (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Naoko Takeuchi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Takeuchi, "Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Shinsoban Volume 3", Kodansha, October 23, 2003 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Naoko Takeuchi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch!! - Round 2"; "Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch!! - Round 2" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Naoko Takeuchi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sailor Moon's Takeuchi, Hunter X Hunter's Togashi Have 2nd Baby (Updated) - News", Anime News Network, 2009-12-24 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Naoko Takeuchi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kodansha USA Announces the Return of Sailor Moon", Press release, 2011-03-18 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Naoko Takeuchi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Glover, "The Manga of Takeuchi Naoko"; Obayashi, "武内直子先生インタビューの要旨" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Loo, "Sailor Moon Creator Wrote Momoiro Clover Z's Crystal Theme Lyrics", Anime News Network, 2014-08-02. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- "Sailor Moon's Takeuchi, Hunter X Hunter's Togashi Have 2nd Baby (Updated) - News", Anime News Network, 2009-12-24. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
- Mateo, "Sailor Moon Manga's Final Arc Gets 2 Sailor Moon Cosmos Films in Early Summer 2023", Anime News Network, April 28, 2022. facts only, no text reused. animenewsnetwork.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Naoko Takeuchi (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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