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Aliases: けも・こびる , のさかけも , رومیکو تاکاهاشی

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Niigata, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 50

TV Involvements: 17


Most Famous Work

Biography

Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子, Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation. She has won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, once in 1980 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 2001 for Inuyasha, and the Seiun Award twice, once in 1987 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 1989 for Mermaid Saga. She also received the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, becoming the second woman and second Japanese to win the prize. In 2020, the Japanese government awarded Takahashi the Medal with Purple Ribbon for her contributions to the arts.

Most Famous Work

Ranma ½
Average
9

Ranma ½

(1989) Comic Book
InuYasha
Average
9

InuYasha

(2000) Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura
Average
7

Urusei Yatsura

(2022) Comic Book
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Average
8

Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon

(2020) Character Designer
Urusei Yatsura
Average
8

Urusei Yatsura

(1981) Creator
Rin-ne
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8

Rin-ne

(2015) Comic Book
Ranma1/2
Average
8

Ranma1/2

(2024) Comic Book
Mermaid's Forest
Average
5

Mermaid's Forest

(2003) Writer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Comic Book
2022 Original Concept
Comic Book
2020 Comic Book
2017 Writer
Original Story
2015 Comic Book
2011 Original Story
2008 Writer
Comic Book
Original Story
2004 Comic Book
2003 Screenstory
Comic Book
Writer
2002 Screenstory
Comic Book
2001 Writer
Comic Book
2000 Comic Book
1994 Comic Book
1993 Writer
1992 Original Story
Comic Book
Original Story
1991 Comic Book
Writer
Comic Book
Writer
Original Series Creator
Original Series Creator
Original Story
Writer
Comic Book
1989 Writer
Original Series Creator
Original Story
Comic Book
1988 Comic Book
Original Story
Comic Book
Comic Book
1987 Original Story
1986 Comic Book
Original Story
Comic Book
1985 Comic Book
Original Series Creator
1984 Comic Book
1983 Original Story
1981 Comic Book
Original Story
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Character Designer
2003 Character Designer
1982 Character Designer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Creator

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
1988 Creative Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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