Naoko Takeuchi

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Takeuchi Naoko is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. She is the original creator of the famous manga/anime Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. (Bishoujo Senshi Sera Muun) Takeuchi-sama was born on March 15, 1967 and graduated from Kyoritsu Chemical University, where she received a degree in chemistry (She was going to be a pharmacist :) Her senior thesis was entitled "Heightened Effects of Thrombolytic Actions Due to Ultrasound". I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with magical girls, however. Her height is 160cm, her hair color is black and her blood type is A. She is right-handed.

Fun Fact: Naoko was supposidly in the Astronomy Club in highschool. Yet, in Sailor Moon she made Sailor Jupiter an "Inner Senshi". So much for the superior Japanese educational system! :)

Naoko is currently living in Toyko with her husband, Togashi Yoshihiro. When she's not driving her custom red Ferrari Spider, she persues the full-time hobby of counting all her money.

She has created the following Manga. (Convienently divided into "entertaining and quite readable" and "just download the translation" catagories.

Code Name wa Sailor V (playful manga about Usagi with a big red bow in her hair)
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (I'm sure you have heard of it.)

Prism Time (a series of (boring) Shoujo stories)
Chocolate Christmas (a girl who resembles Usagi falls in love with a guy who resembles Motoki)
The Cherry Project (Love will be served 'on the rocks' in this figure skating manga!)
PQ Angels (Sorry, haven't read this one)
Miss Rain (Ditto. The lead looks like Ami, though!)
Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch!! (The work of a good publicist)