Pen name Natsuki Takaya Occupation Manga artist Name Natsuki Takaya | Nationality Japanese Role Manga artist Genre Fiction | |
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Born July 7, 1973 (age 51) Shizuoka, Japan ( 1973-07-07 ) Books Tsubasa: Those with Wings, Fruits Basket Fan Book ‑ Ca, Fruits Basket, Fruits Basket Banquet, Fruits Basket 18‑Month Similar People Aya Hisakawa, Tomokazu Seki, Yui Horie, Ryotaro Okiayu, Murasaki Wakaba | ||
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Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月, Takaya Natsuki, born July 7, 1973) is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket.
Takaya was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was 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.
Her manga series Fruits Basket was one of the top selling shōjo manga in North America. 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.
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.
