Naoko Takeuchi

Takeuchi Naoko

Takeuchi Naoko (武内直子) (born March 15, 1967) is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. She is the original creator of the famous manga/anime Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. Ms. Takeuchi is currently living in Tokyo with her husband, Togashi Yoshihiro.

Ms. Takeuchi graduated from Kyoritsu Chemical University, where she received a degree in chemistry. Planning to become a pharmacist, her senior thesis was entitled "Heightened Effects of Thrombolytic Actions Due to Ultrasound."

Ms. Takeuchi's works are widely admired by anime/manga fans, and in the United States she is one of the most famous manga-ka, possibly the most famous. Her most popular work, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, has been widely reprinted and marketed in North America. Ms. Takeuchi is an avid traveler and has visited the United States - especially to the San Diego ComicCon - many times.

Manga creations

• Code Name Sailor V: The adventures of costumed "magical girl" Sailor V. Predecessor to Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon and premieres Aino Minako/Sailor V, who would become a character in Sailor Moon.
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: A fusion of styles between magical girl and sentai. Sailor Moon was largely responsible for the late 1990s resurgence of magical girls.
• Prism Time: a series of Shoujo stories
• Chocolate Christmas: a girl who resembles Usagi falls in love with a man who resembles Motoki
• The Cherry Project: Love will be served 'on the rocks' in this figure skating manga
• PQ Angels: Features two alien girls named after vegetables, who can turn into cockroaches
• Miss Rain
• Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch: The work of a good publicist

• Supposedly was in the Astronomy Club in high school
• Height is 160cm
• Hair color is black
• Blood type is A
• Right-handed
• Drives a custom red Ferrari Spider