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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (1961–2022)}} 
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{{Infobox person
| image         = Kazuki takahashi.jpg
| caption       = Takahashi at the 2005 [[Leipzig Book Fair]]
| birth_name    = {{Nihongo|2=高橋 一雅|3=Takahashi Kazuo}}
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1961|10|4}}
| birth_place   = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2022|7|4|1961|10|4}}
| death_place   = [[Nago|Nago, Okinawa]], Japan
| signature     = 
| education     = 
| occupation    = [[Manga artist]]
| years_active  = 1981–2020
| organization  = Studio Dice
| notable works = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
| spouse        = 
| children      = 
| website       = {{URL|studio-dice.com}}
| module        = {{Infobox Chinese|child = yes
| kanji  = 高橋 和希
| romaji = Takahashi Kazuki
}}
}}
{{anime and manga}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kazuo Takahashi'''|高橋 一雅|Takahashi Kazuo|extra=October 4, 1961 – July 4, 2022|lead=yes}}, known professionally as {{Nihongo|'''Kazuki Takahashi'''|高橋 和希|Takahashi Kazuki}}, was a Japanese [[manga artist]]. He is best known as the author of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from 1996 to 2004. The manga spawned a [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|trading card game of the same name]], which holds the [[Guinness World Record]] for the best-selling trading card game of all time.

==Early life==
Kazuo Takahashi was born in [[Tokyo]] on October 4, 1961.<ref name=famigamerNews>{{cite web|script-title=ja:『遊戯王』の作者・高橋和希さんが死去。沖縄県名護市で遺体となって発見、海上保安署と警察が死亡するまでのいきさつを調査中と報道|url=https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/220707p|website=Den Fami Nico Gamer|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 23, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> In his childhood, he drew artwork of manga he enjoyed such as ''[[Tiger Mask]]'', ''[[Ultraman]]'', ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'', ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Devilman]]'', and ''[[Kamen Rider]]''.<ref name="ygoda">{{cite web|title=Duel Art, Kazuki Takahashi ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Illustrations|url=https://archive.org/details/040_20220724|website=Internet Archive|date=December 21, 2011 |publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=July 24, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=December 21, 2011|archive-url=//archive.org/details/040_20220724|url-status=live}}</ref> He also played tennis in his youth.<ref name="banzai2003">{{cite magazine|trans-title=|title=Die Welt von ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''|magazine=[[Banzai! (magazine)|Banzai!]]|volume=|issue=23|date=September 2003|publisher=[[Shueisha]]<!--[https://www.reddit.com/r/yugioh/comments/17789b0/2003_interview_with_yugioh_mangaka_kazuki/?rdt=38488 English translation is in Reddit]-->}}</ref>

Disinterested in his studies,<ref name="banzai2003"/><ref name="kazukijumpus">US Shonen Jump Magazine (February 2003). Archived in Taretare 和希の素　語録.[http://taretare.s56.xrea.com/sugoroku/interview/ajump0302.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406132830/http://taretare.s56.xrea.com/sugoroku/interview/ajump0302.html |date=April 6, 2024 }}</ref> Takahashi was shamed by his homeroom teacher as "the poop machine that knows nothing except eating, sleeping and pooping" in front of other students. Angered by the humiliation, Takahashi decided to become a manga artist.<ref>Yu-Gi-Oh! tankobon vol. 28</ref> In his second year of high school, he also sought to be a background animator of [[Tezuka Productions]]. He planned to drop out of school if he passed the recruitment exam, but he failed as his drawing skills were not yet up to industry standard.<ref>Original from Studio Dice blog, now deactivated. {{cite tweet|number=1500077323369938947|user=Kazuki_bot_ygo|script-title=ja:実はオレ高校生ん時、アルバイト雑誌に載っていた手塚プロダクションのアニメ背景スタッフの募集広告見て...|date=Mar 5, 2022|access-date=Mar 5, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> Takahashi gave up on his goal of becoming an animator, instead becoming a designer of corporate logos and banners, which included making designs for [[pachislot]] panels.<ref name="kazukijumpus"/><ref name="gmquote">{{cite tweet|number=1545234277960679424|user=WANPOWANWAN|script-title=ja:「高橋かずお」と「高橋和希」は貧乏か金持ちかの差でしかなく中身はほぼ同じだ。...|date=Jul 8, 2022|access-date=Jul 8, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> It was at this time he started submitting his manga to publishers.<ref name="banzai2003"/><ref name="ygoda"/>

==Career==
In 1981, at the age of 20,<ref name="ygoda"/> Takahashi's [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] manga ''Ing! Love Ball'', submitted under the pen name "{{nihongo|Hajime Miyabi|雅はじめ|Miyabi Hajime}}", won the Shogakukan New Comic Award and was published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' in the same year.<ref name=famigamerNews/> His serial debut was in 1986 with ''Gō-Q-Chōji Ikkiman'', an adaptation of the TV [[sports anime]] of the same name, published in [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]''.<ref name=famigamerNews/><ref name="banzai2003"/> In the meantime, Takahashi explained that he experienced extreme poverty as his home lacked electricity and he made thirty-six times of credit card installments in the magazine.<ref name="kazukiquote">Shonen Magazine, year 1986, vol. 19. Archived in Taretare 和希の素　語録.[http://taretare.s56.xrea.com/sugoroku/sakuhin/i_01.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406132428/http://taretare.s56.xrea.com/sugoroku/sakuhin/i_01.html |date=April 6, 2024 }}</ref> [[George Morikawa]], author of ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'', described his living place from that time as "dilapidated [[Showa era]] wooden apartment that people immediately thought of".<ref name="gmquote"/> Because his early works were unprofitable, Takahashi switched his direction to [[Shueisha]].<ref name="gmquote"/> In 1990, his one-shot ''Tokiō no Taka'' was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref name=natalie>{{cite web|script-title=ja:遊☆戯☆王|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1955|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=April 21, 2016|access-date=July 7, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710063113/https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1955|url-status=live}}</ref> Another manga, ''Tennenshoku Danji Buray'', was published in the magazine from 1991 to 1992.<ref name="banzai2003"/><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:天然色男児BURAY|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C319430|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=July 7, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708081314/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C319430|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1996, Takahashi launched ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' under the pen name "Kazuki Takahashi" in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', where it was serialized until 2004.<ref name=natalie2>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「遊☆戯☆王」の高橋和希が60歳で死去|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/484594|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=July 7, 2022|access-date=July 7, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708081311/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/484594|url-status=live}}</ref> The series became a huge success and has sold more than 40 million copies. It has also received several media adaptations, notably an [[anime]] television series and a [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|trading card game]] developed by [[Konami]],<ref name=natalie2/> which holds the [[Guinness World Record]] for the best-selling trading card game in history, with more than 25.1 billion cards sold as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Sets Guinness Record with 25.1 Billion+ Cards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-14/yu-gi-oh-sets-guinness-record-with-25.1-billion+cards|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 14, 2011|access-date=July 23, 2022|archive-date=July 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723052321/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-14/yu-gi-oh-sets-guinness-record-with-25.1-billion+cards|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the end of the original manga's serialization, Takahashi would supervise adaptions made by his assistants, such as ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! R]]'' by [[Akira Itō (artist)|Akira Itō]],  ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' by Naoyuki Kageyama and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'' by Masashi Sato.<ref name=gmquote/><ref name=natalie/> He was also involved in the animation production of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''.<ref name="ygoda"/><ref name=gmquote/>

In 2013, his one-shot manga ''Drump'' was released in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazuki Takahashi Draws 'Drump' 1-Shot 9 Years After Yu-Gi-Oh's End|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-17/kazuki-takahashi-draws-drump-1-shot-9-years-after-yu-gi-oh-end|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=October 17, 2013|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=March 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328070127/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-17/kazuki-takahashi-draws-drump-1-shot-9-years-after-yu-gi-oh-end|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Takahashi received the [[Inkpot Award]] from [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con International]] for his outstanding contributions to comics.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=July 13, 2015|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator Kazuki Takahashi Receives Comic-Con Int'l's Inkpot Award|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-13/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-receives-comic-con-intl-inkpot-award/.90405|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122005402/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-13/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-receives-comic-con-intl-inkpot-award/.90405|archive-date=January 22, 2021|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=[[Anime News Network]]}}</ref> In 2018, Takahashi published the limited series ''[[The Comiq]]'' in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga Creator Kazuki Takahashi Launches Short Manga in Shonen Jump|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-05/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-launches-short-manga-in-shonen-jump/.137759|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=October 5, 2018|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 24, 2019|archive-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124153918/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-05/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-launches-short-manga-in-shonen-jump/.137759|url-status=live}}</ref> Takahashi also wrote a two-part manga, titled ''Secret Reverse'', for the ''[[Marvel × Shōnen Jump+ Super Collaboration]]'', which was released on ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'' in September 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yu-Gi-Oh's Kazuki Takahashi, Other Jump Artists Draw Marvel Superhero Manga Shorts|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-03/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-other-jump-artists-draw-marvel-superhero-manga-shorts/.150664|website=[[Anime News Network]]|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=September 3, 2019|access-date=July 7, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409135358/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-03/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-other-jump-artists-draw-marvel-superhero-manga-shorts/.150664|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Style==
Takahashi's early art style was comical {{transl|ja|[[gekiga]]}} and influenced by traditional [[anime]]. Some illustrators such as [[Drew Struzan]], [[Alphonse Mucha]], and [[Norman Rockwell]] had a tremendous impact on Takahashi's later art style. His choices of traditional art tools were g-pen, watercolors and [[Copic]] markers, whereas [[Adobe Photoshop]] and Painter were the art programs he used during post manga serialization.<ref name="banzai2003"/><ref name="ygoda"/><ref name="kazukijumpus"/>

==Personal life==
Takahashi enjoyed playing games such as [[shogi]], [[mahjong]], [[card game]]s, and tabletop [[role-playing game]]s.<ref name="banzai2003"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=SHONEN JUMP |url=http://www.shonenjump.com/reskin/manga/yugioh/creator/ |website=SHONEN JUMP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412091758/http://www.shonenjump.com/reskin/manga/yugioh/creator |archive-date=April 12, 2008 |access-date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'', Takahashi stated that his favorite manga from other authors included ''[[Akira (manga)|Akira]]'' by [[Katsuhiro Otomo]], ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' by [[Hirohiko Araki]], and ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' by [[Akira Toriyama]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Kazuki Takahashi interview|magazine=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]|volume=1|issue=20|date=August 2004|publisher=[[Viz Media]]}}</ref> He also enjoyed reading [[American comic book|American comics]]<ref name="banzai2003"/> and stated that [[Hellboy]] was his favorite American comic book character.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=When Yugi Met Hellboy...|magazine=[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]|volume=2|issue=9|date=September 2004|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|page=330}}</ref> His pet dog, a [[shiba inu]] named {{Nihongo|Taro|タロ}}, was the basis for the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Trading Card Game monster card {{Nihongo|Shiba-Warrior Taro|{{ruby-ja|柴戦士|しばせんし}}タロ}}; the card's artwork was personally drawn by Takahashi.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 21, 2016 |script-title=ja:「柴戦士タロ」があ出頭え!? |trans-title=Shiba-Warrior Taro appears!? |department=ジャンプSTUDIO発掘隊 [JUMP STUDIO FINDING CORPS] |magazine=ジャンプ流！ |trans-magazine=JUMP-RYU! |type=DVD付分冊マンガ講座 [magazine bundled with DVD containing some of the same content in video format] |language=Japanese |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |volume=8 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=723358137856589828|user=jc_jumpryu|script-title=ja:vol.8好評発売中！...|date=April 22, 2016|access-date=July 13, 2019|language=ja}}</ref> Takahashi also enjoyed sea diving and visited Okinawa seaside each July.<ref>{{cite magazine|language=de|trans-title=Ich tauche gerne. Leider war ich in den letzten Jahren zu beschäftigt, aber in Zukunft möchte ich gerne wieder häufiger tauchen gehen.|title=Banzai! On Tour, Buchmesse Leipzig 2005|magazine=[[Banzai! (magazine)|Banzai!]]|volume=|issue=|date=May 2005|publisher=[[Shueisha]]<!--Tumblr private website [https://hiramiyugioh.tumblr.com/post/146312406309/takahashi-sensei-at-leipzig-book-fair-germany]-->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=studio_dice |postid=CDOAb7-nCTx97NceUb7YRv9Nq_-sGigQvoITQM0|date=July 29, 2020 |script-title=ja:オレは毎年7月に沖縄に行っているけど、今年は行けないのがツライぜ... |access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>

Takahashi occasionally expressed his political views in his art, such as when he posted a drawing on [[Instagram]] of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' characters criticizing [[Shinzo Abe]]'s government and asking his followers to "vote for justice" in the [[2019 Japanese House of Councillors election|2019 House of Councillors election]]. He later apologized.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|date=July 16, 2019|title=Yu-Gi-Oh Creator Kazuki Takahashi Apologizes for Political Statements|website=[[Anime News Network]]|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-07-16/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-apologizes-for-political-statements/.149055|access-date=July 13, 2022|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713180730/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-07-16/yu-gi-oh-creator-kazuki-takahashi-apologizes-for-political-statements/.149055|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Death===
On July 6, 2022, Takahashi was found dead in the water {{convert|300|m|sp=us}} off the shore of [[Nago]], [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], by [[Japan Coast Guard]] officers following a civilian report from a passing boat.<ref>{{cite web |last= Tolentino |first= Josh |date= July 7, 2022 |title= Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga Creator Kazuki Takahashi Has Died |url= https://www.siliconera.com/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-has-died/|access-date=July 7, 2022 |website= [[Siliconera]] |archive-date= July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708081306/https://www.siliconera.com/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-has-died/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was found wearing snorkeling gear, and his cause of death was determined to be drowning.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:サメのかみ傷は死後 「遊☆戯☆王」作者の死因は溺死と発表 12キロ離れたビーチにレンタカー|url=https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/990029|website=[[Okinawa Times]]|access-date=July 12, 2022|language=ja|date=July 12, 2022|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713100418/https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/990029|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Dooley |first= Ben |date= July 7, 2022 |title= Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator, Dies at 60 |website= New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/world/asia/kazuki-takahashi-yu-gi-oh-dead.html |accessdate= November 2, 2022 |archive-date= July 28, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230728100532/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/world/asia/kazuki-takahashi-yu-gi-oh-dead.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

It was subsequently reported, first in the American military newspaper ''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]'' on October 11, that Takahashi had died in the afternoon of July 4 while assisting in the rescue of three others who were caught in a [[rip current]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Burke |first= Matthew M. |date= 11 October 2022 |title= Army officer recognized for rescuing three people from riptide that killed 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' creator |url= https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-11/okinawa-riptide-rescue-yu-gi-oh-7646714.html |access-date= 12 October 2022 |website= Stars and Stripes |archive-date= October 12, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221012023901/https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-11/okinawa-riptide-rescue-yu-gi-oh-7646714.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1= Ives |first1= Mike |last2= Ueno |first2= Hisako |date= October 28, 2022 |title= A Celebrated Japanese Artist Died Trying to Save Others From Drowning |website= New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/world/asia/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-drowning.html |accessdate= 2 November 2022 |archive-date= November 2, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221102021830/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/world/asia/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-drowning.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Works==
===As Hajime Miyabi===
* {{Nihongo|''Ing! Love Ball''|ING!ラブボール}} (1981; [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]], published in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'')
* {{Nihongo|''Kyōgaku Sensen SOS!!''|共学戦線SOS！！}} (1982; one-shot, published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* {{Nihongo|''Ano Ko ni Scramble''|あの娘にスクランブル}} (1982; one-shot, published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* {{Nihongo|''Yū Yua Yū''|勇ユア優}} (1982; one-shot, published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')
* {{Nihongo|''Hajimemashite Ran Desu!!''|はじめまして蘭です！！}} (1983; one-shot, published in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'')

===As Kazuo Takahashi===
* {{Nihongo|''Gō-Q-Chōji Ikkiman''|剛Q超児イッキマン}} (1986; serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Magazine]]'')
* {{Nihongo|''Tokiō no Taka''|闘輝王の鷹}} (1990; one-shot, published in [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'')
* {{Nihongo|''Battle Mind''|バトルマインド}} (1991; one-shot, published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* {{Nihongo|''Tennenshoku Danji Buray''|天燃色男児BURAY}} (1991–1992; serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')

===As Kazuki Takahashi===
* {{Nihongo|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''|遊☆戯☆王}} (1996–2004; serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''Drump'' (2013; one-shot, published in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''[[The Comiq]]'' (2018; serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'')
* ''Secret Reverse'' (2019; released on Shueisha's ''[[Shōnen Jump+]]'')

====Others====
* ''Button'' (2010; released on Studio Dice official website)
::3 episodes of anime shorts made by Takahashi. 

==See also==
*[[George Morikawa]], Takahashi's mahjong companion and also a manga artist of ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]''.
*[[Yasuichi Oshima]], the manga artist that Takahashi worked with as a manga assistant.

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