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Rumiko Takahashi

Japanese manga artist · Japan · Writers · Born 1957 · age 69

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Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists.

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2023Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward2020Medal with Purple RibbonAward2018Will Eisner Hall of FameAward2002Shogakukan Manga AwardAward1994Inkpot AwardAward1989Seiun Award for Best ComicAward1987Seiun Award for Best ComicAward1981Shogakukan Manga AwardAward1957Born10 October 1957

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Awards

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres2023
Medal with Purple Ribbon2020
Will Eisner Hall of Fame2018
Shogakukan Manga Award2002
Inkpot Award1994
Seiun Award for Best Comic1989
Seiun Award for Best Comic1987
Shogakukan Manga Award1981

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Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, she is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are known worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 230 million copies in circulation; making Takahashi one of the best-selling authors of all time. She has won the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, once in 1980 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 2001 for Inuyasha, and the Seiun Award twice, once in 1987 for Urusei Yatsura and again in 1989 for Mermaid Saga. She also received the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 2019, becoming the second woman and second Japanese to win the prize. In 2020, the Japanese government awarded Takahashi the Medal with Purple Ribbon for her contributions to the arts.

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1957 · age 69

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