Naoko Takeuchi (?? ??, Takeuchi Naoko, Japanese pronunciation: [ta.ke?.u?.t?i na?.o.ko] born March 15, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her manga series Codename: Sailor V (1991–1997) and Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (1991–1997).She earned the 2nd Nakayoshi Comic Prize for Newcomers in 1985 for Yume ja Nai no Ne and the 1986 New Artist award for Love Call. Her next manga Sailor Moon, went on to become one of the most popular and successful manga around the world, with over 35 million copies sold worldwide. In 1993, she earned the Kodansha Manga Award for the series. Overseas, Sailor Moon's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting Japanese animation's popularity in the Western world.
Sailor Moon SuperS Plus:Ami's First Love, Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie, Sailor Moon S the Movie, Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose
TV Shows
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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I really wanted to write a story with a sexy girl, a good-looking guy, some romance, video games, and cute school uniforms! Of course Bunny [Usagi/Serena Tsukino] is strong, too... we've got to be strong for our boys! Right, girls?
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Fact
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She always wanted to be a manga artist, but her father advised that she study for an alternative profession in case she didn't achieve her dream, so she went to university to study chemistry.
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She is a graduate from the Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy (now defunct, as it merged with Keio University in 2006), with a degree in chemistry.
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During college, she served as a miko (temple maiden) at the Shiba Daijingu Shrine. She made her "Sailor Moon" character Rei Hino a miko, based on this experience.
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She based her "Sailor Moon" protagonist Usagi Tsukino on herself in her teenage years: scatterbrained and dreamy, but bighearted and romantic. She also wears her in an "odango" style, something Takeuchi did in college for good luck. Similarly, she based the Tsukino family on her own: she had a devoted but busy father named Kenji, a loving but nagging mother named Ikuko and a bratty younger brother named Shingo.
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Much of her work is based on aspects from her life.
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She likes racing cars, just like her "Sailor Moon" character Haruka Tenoh. They even share a favorite car, the Ferrari 512M.
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She draws herself usually as a little bunny, or a human with rabbit ears. She draws her husband Yoshihiro Togashi as a dog, her son as a puppy and her friend/editor Fumio Osano as a pig.
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Was in the manga and astronomy clubs in high school. This provided her with background and knowledge to build up the extensive mythologies for her works.
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She originally wanted to kill all of the main characters at the end of the first Sailor Moon manga arc. Her editor wouldn't let her do that, since it was a "shoujo" ("girls") series.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn Crystal
TV Series original author: "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" - 22 episodes, 2014 - 2016 original author: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - 6 episodes, 2014
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: The Movie
2014
manga series
Sailor Moon the Movie
2011
Short based on the characters created by
Sailor and the Seven Ballz 2: Return of the Ballz
2005
Video short characters - uncredited
Bishôjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Act Zero
2005
Video manga series
Shin kaguya shima densetsu
2004
Video original manga
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Special Act.
2004
Video creator / original manga
Kirari Super Live
2004
Video script
Bishôjo Senshi Sailor Moon
2003
TV Series creator - 4 episodes
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, 10th Anniversary Festival: Ai no sanctuary
2002
Video original manga
Sailor Moon
1995-2000
TV Series manga - 159 episodes
Sailor and the Seven Ballz
2000
Video characters - uncredited
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
TV Series manga - 34 episodes, 1996 - 1997 creator - 5 episodes, 1996
Sailor Moon Super S
1995-1996
TV Series manga - 39 episodes
Sailor Moon Super S: Ami's First Love
1995
Short creator - Kodansha "Runrun" series
Sailor Moon Super S the Movie: Black Dream Hole
1995
author: Kodansha Monthly Nakayoshi
Bishôjo senshi Sailor Moon Super S Special
1995
TV Movie manga
Sailor Moon S
1994-1995
TV Series manga - 38 episodes
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S: Usagi - Ai no senshi e no michi
1994
Video original manga
Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice
1994
author: Kodansha Monthly Nakayoshi
Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn R
1993-1994
TV Series manga - 43 episodes
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen
1993
Video original manga
Make-up! Sailor Senshi
1993
Short based on the manga by: Kodansha "Nakayoshi" series
Sailor Moon R the Movie: The Promise of the Rose
1993
author: Kodansha Monthly Nakayoshi
Sailor Moon
TV Series manga - 44 episodes, 1992 - 1993 original author: Kôdansha "Nakayoshi" series - 2 episodes, 1992
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn Crystal
2014-2015
TV Series lyrics - 26 episodes
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
1996
TV Series lyrics: "Sêrâ Sutâ Songu"
Sailor Moon Super S: Ami's First Love
1995
Short lyrics: ""Rashiku" Ikimasho"
Make-up! Sailor Senshi
1993
Short lyrics: "I am Sêrâ Mûn"
Sailor Moon
1992-1993
TV Series lyrics - 20 episodes
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Orizuru
2006
Short production assistant
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Make-Up: Bishôjo Senshi Sailor Moon
2003
TV Movie
Herself
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Gaiden Dark Kingdom Fukkatsu Hen
1993
Video
Herself - Mangaka
Known for movies
Sailor Moon (1995-2000) as Writer
Bishôjo senshi Sêrâ Mûn R (1993-1994) as Writer
Sailor Moon S (1994-1995) as Writer
Sailor Moon R the Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993) as Writer
$1.9 Million
