Rumiko Takahashi
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- October 10, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Niigata, Japan
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.
Known For
InuYasha
Ranma ½
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
Ranma1/2
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine
Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
Filmography
MAO
TV · Original Story · 26 eps
Ranma1/2
TV · Original Story, Comic Book · 36 eps
Urusei Yatsura
TV · Original Story · 46 eps
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
TV · Characters · 48 eps
Inuyasha - Stage Play
Movie · Comic Book
Rin-ne
TV · Original Story · 75 eps
Ranma ½
Movie · Comic Book
Ranma ½: Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep
Movie · Comic Book
It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday
Movie · Original Story, Characters
Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura
Movie · Characters
Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
Movie · Comic Book, Original Story
One-Pound Gospel
TV · Comic Book · 9 eps
Maison Ikkoku
Movie · Comic Book
Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
Movie · Comic Book
Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Movie · Comic Book
Mermaid's Forest
TV · Comic Book · 11 eps
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology
TV · Original Story, Comic Book · 13 eps
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
Movie · Comic Book
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
Movie · Comic Book
InuYasha
TV · Comic Book · 193 eps
Ranma 1/2: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
Movie · Comic Book
The Ranma 1/2 Video Jukebox
Movie · Characters
Mermaid's Scar
Movie · Comic Book, Original Story
Ranma 1/2 the Movie 2: Nihao My Concubine
Movie · Original Story
Prelude Maison Ikkoku: When the Cherry Blossoms Return in the Spring
Movie · Comic Book, Original Story
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Movie · Comic Book
Ranma 1/2 the Movie: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
Movie · Comic Book
Maison Ikkoku: Deserted Island
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles
Movie · Original Series Creator, Comic Book
Mermaid Forest
Movie · Comic Book, Original Story
Urusei Yatsura: Date with a Spirit
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart
Movie · Original Series Creator, Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: The Electric Household Guard
Movie · Comic Book
Ranma ½
TV · Comic Book · 161 eps
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
Movie · Comic Book
Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
Movie · Original Story
Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons
Movie · Comic Book, Original Story
Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé
Movie · Comic Book
One Pound Gospel
Movie · Original Story
Laughing Target
Movie · Original Story
Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
Movie · Comic Book
The SuperGal
Movie · Original Story
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
Movie · Characters
Maison Ikkoku
TV · Comic Book · 96 eps
Fire Tripper
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
Movie · Original Series Creator
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura: Only You
Movie · Original Story
Urusei Yatsura: Haru da, Tobidase!
Movie · Comic Book
Urusei Yatsura
TV · Comic Book · 218 eps