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Natsuki Takaya
高屋 奈月
Born (1973-07-07) July 7, 1973 (age 51)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationManga artist
Years active1992–present
Known forFruits Basket
AwardsKodansha Manga Award (2001)

Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月, Takaya Natsuki, born July 7, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket.

Takaya was born and raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. Takaya is left-handed and had wanted to be a manga artist since first grade, when her sister started drawing.[1]

Her manga series Fruits Basket was one of the top selling shōjo manga in North America.[2][3] Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series. In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.[4]

As revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complained that her handwriting had gotten uglier due to the surgery.[5]

Works

Title Year Notes Refs[6]
Phantom Dream 1994–1997 Serialized in Hana to Yume Planet Zōkan
Published by Hakusensha in 5 volumes 		[7][8]
Tsubasa: Those with Wings 1995–1998 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 6 volumes 		[7][9]
Fruits Basket 1998–2006 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 23 volumes, Aizoban edition in 12 volumes 		[10][11][12]
Songs to Make You Smile 1999 (vol.) Short story collection. Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusenseha in 1 volume 		[13]
Twinkle Stars 2007–2011 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 11 volumes 		[14][10][15]
Liselotte & Witch's Forest 2011–2013 (hiatus) Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 5 volumes 		[16][17]
Fruits Basket Another 2015–2019 Serialized in HanaLaLa online
Published by Hakusensha in 3 volumes 		[18]
Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc 2019 3 Chapters
Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc 2 2020 1 Chapter

References

  1. ^ "Natsuki Takaya (Creator)". TV Tropes. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "'Fruits Basket' Tally Over 18 Million". ICv2. May 8, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
  3. ^ Hibbs, Brian (February 2008). "Tilting @ Windmills 2.0 #49: Looking at Bookscan 2007". Newsarama. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2008. Tokyopop's best-selling title is Fruits Basket v16 with an excellent 58,372 copies sold in 2007" and "[In 2007]...Naruto shares the Top 10 manga titles with Fruits Basket, Death Note and Bleach.
  4. ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 16, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
  5. ^ "Natsuki Takaya: Series, and a List of Books by Author Natsuki Takaya". www.paperbackswap.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "著者：高屋奈月" [Author: Natsuki Takaya]. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Tokyopop Announces New Manga Titles (Update 2)". Anime News Network. July 5, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  8. ^ "幻影夢想(花とゆめcomics)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "翼を持つ者(花とゆめcomics)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Fruits Basket's Takaya to Start Liselotte & Witch's Forest". Anime News Network. April 16, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  11. ^ "フルーツバスケット(花とゆめcomics)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  12. ^ "フルーツバスケット愛蔵版(花とゆめCOMICSスペシャル)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  13. ^ "僕が唄うと君は笑うから(花とゆめcomics)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  14. ^ "New Manga from Fruits Basket Creator Set to Debut". Anime News Network. May 20, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  15. ^ "星は歌う(花とゆめCOMICS)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  16. ^ "Fruits Basket's Natsuki Takaya to Go on Extended Hiatus". Anime News Network. December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  17. ^ "リーゼロッテと魔女の森(花とゆめcomics　／　花とゆめCOMICS)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  18. ^ "フルーツバスケットanotherFRUITS BASKET another(HC online)". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Japan: Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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