Rumiko Takahashi
Born: 1957-10-10 in Niigata, Japan
Known For: Writing
Biography
Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子, Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. With a career of several commercially successful works, beginning with Urusei Yatsura in 1978, Takahashi is one of Japan's best-known and wealthiest manga artists. Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages, with over 200 million copies in circulation. 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.
Filmography
2026
- MAO ... (Original Story)
2024
- Ranma1/2 ... (Original Story)
2022
- Urusei Yatsura ... (Original Story)
2020
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon ... (Character Designer)
2017
- Inuyasha - Stage Play ... (Comic Book)
2015
- Rin-ne ... (Original Story)
2011
- Ranma ½ ... (Comic Book)
2008
- One-Pound Gospel ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura ... (Characters)
- Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep ... (Comic Book)
- Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen ... (Creator)
- It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday ... (Original Story)
2007
- Maison Ikkoku ... (Comic Book)
2004
- Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island ... (Comic Book)
2003
- Mermaid's Forest ... (Comic Book)
- Moeyo Ken ... (Character Designer)
- Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler ... (Comic Book)
- Rumiko Takahashi Anthology ... (Original Story)
2002
- Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass ... (Comic Book)
2001
- Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time ... (Comic Book)
2000
- InuYasha ... (Comic Book)
1994
- Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix ... (Comic Book)
1993
- Mermaid's Scar ... (Creator)
- The Ranma 1/2 Video Jukebox ... (Characters)
1992
- Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine ... (Original Story)
- Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring ... (Comic Book)
1991
- Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling ... (Comic Book)
- Mermaid Forest ... (Creator)
- Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles ... (Original Series Creator)
- Maison Ikkoku: Shipwrecked on Ikkoku Island ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: Date with a Spirit ... (Comic Book)
1989
- Ranma ½ ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart ... (Original Series Creator)
- Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: The Electric Household Guard ... (Comic Book)
1988
- Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter ... (Original Story)
- Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet ... (Comic Book)
- Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons ... (Creator)
- One Pound Gospel ... (Original Story)
- Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé ... (Comic Book)
1987
- Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker ... (Creator)
- Laughing Target ... (Original Story)
1986
- Maison Ikkoku ... (Comic Book)
- Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever ... (Characters)
- Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy ... (Comic Book)
- The SuperGal ... (Original Story)
1985
- Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love ... (Original Series Creator)
- Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party ... (Comic Book)
- Fire Tripper ... (Comic Book)
1984
- Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer ... (Comic Book)
1983
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You ... (Original Story)
1982
- Fifteen Boys Adrift ... (Character Designer)
- Urusei Yatsura: Haru da, Tobidase! ... (Comic Book)
1981
- Urusei Yatsura ... (Comic Book)