Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon's Creator: Naoko Takeuchi
Biography
Naoko Takeuchi was born March 15th, 1967 and is a manga artist most well known for being the creator of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. She currently lives in Tokyo with her manga artist husband, Yoshihiro Togashi (creator of the series Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter) and their son, nicknamed Petit Ouji.
Naoko Takeuchi graduated from the Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy, receiving a degree in chemistry. Later, she became a licensed pharmacist. In high school, she was a member of the astronomy club.
Takeuchi has earned several awards for her various manga series. These awards include: the 2nd Nakayoshi Comic Prize for Newcomers (for "Yume ja Nai no ne" in 1985), Nakayoshi's New Artist Award (for "Love Call" in 1986), and finally, the 17th Kodansha Manga Award (for her mega hit Sailor Moon).
Naoko Takeuchi is a well-known and respected manga artist, even outside of Japan. This is mostly due to the success of Sailor Moon, which was widely distributed and marketed in the United States and worldwide. Although she is known for being both the author and artist for her series, she has collaborated with other artists in the past.
Takeuchi rarely makes pubic appearances and has attended a single manga-related event in America, San Diego Comic-Con in 1998.
List of Works:
Chocolate Christmas (1987-1988): Short series collected into a single volume.
Maria (1989-1990): Short series collected into a single volume.
The Cherry Project (1990-1991): Series spanned 3 volumes which were released between 1991 and 1992.
Codename: Sailor V (1991-1997): The predecessor for Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon. The series was released originally in three volumes, but would later be re-released along with Sailor Moon in two deluxe volumes.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (1992-1997): Inarguably Takeuchi's most famous work, the Sailor Moon manga would spawn an anime TV series, three animated theatrical movies, many stage musicals, and a live-action TV series. The series was originally released in 18 volumes, but was re-released in 2003 and 2004 in 14 volumes.
Miss Rain (1993): A collection of five short manga into one volume.
Prism Time (1986-1997): A collection of one-shot stories released in two volumes.
PQ Angels (1997): Series that was abruptly discontinued after running only four chapters in Kodansha's Nakayoshi magazine from September to December of 1997.
Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return-to-Society Punch!! (1998-?): Collection of short comic strips that ran for a number of years under a changing title in Young You magazine..
Toki*Meka! (2001): One-shot story.
Love Witch (2002): Another series abruptly stopped after the publication of three chapters with no explanation.
Toki*Meca (2005-2006): Serialized version of the original one shot, compiled into one volume.