Naoko Takeuchi

Naoko Takeuchi is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Sailor Moon, a series that helped define the modern magical-girl genre.

Sailor Moon: A manga and anime franchise about Usagi Tsukino and her fellow guardians, who fight evil while living ordinary teenage lives. Takeuchi’s defining creation began as a manga and became a worldwide franchise.
Sailor Moon (1992 TV series): A Japanese animated television adaptation of Sailor Moon that premiered in 1992 and ran for five seasons. Its international broadcasts carried Takeuchi’s characters far beyond manga readers.
Kōfu: The capital city of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, located west of Tokyo. Takeuchi was born and raised in Kōfu.
Yūichirō Takeda: A Japanese manga editor associated with Naoko Takeuchi’s work at Kodansha. Takeda was Takeuchi’s editor during the creation and serialization of Sailor Moon.
The Cherry Project: A three-volume manga by Naoko Takeuchi about a young figure skater pursuing competition and romance. This series shows Takeuchi applying her character-driven style to sports and coming-of-age drama.
Codename: Sailor V: A manga series about Minako Aino, a schoolgirl who becomes the superhero Sailor V. This earlier series introduced a heroine and ideas that Takeuchi later developed in Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon (1990s live-action musical): A long-running series of Japanese stage musicals based on Sailor Moon, first performed in 1993. The musicals extended Takeuchi’s work into a major live-performance tradition.
Kōfu First High School: A public senior high school in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Takeuchi attended this school before studying pharmacy at university.
Fumio Osano: A Japanese manga editor known for working with Naoko Takeuchi at Kodansha. Osano helped oversee Sailor Moon’s publication and became a public representative of its production history.
Maria: A manga by Naoko Takeuchi about a high-school girl adjusting to life at a Catholic school. This early work displays her interest in school life and romantic relationships before Sailor Moon.

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