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Naoko Takeuchi武内直子

Original Creator and Chief Supervisor on Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Seasons 1-2.

anime credits: 17; anime credits
most credited as: Original Creator; most credited as
awards: 3; awards
busiest year (4): 1995; busiest year (4)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Naoko Takeuchi worked on, by premiere year

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Item	Credits
94	2 in 1994
95	4 in 1995
96	1 in 1996
97	0 in 1997
98	0 in 1998
99	0 in 1999
00	0 in 2000
01	0 in 2001
02	0 in 2002
03	0 in 2003
04	0 in 2004
05	0 in 2005
06	0 in 2006
07	0 in 2007
08	0 in 2008
09	0 in 2009
10	0 in 2010
11	0 in 2011
12	0 in 2012
13	0 in 2013
14	1 in 2014
15	0 in 2015
16	1 in 2016
17	0 in 2017
18	0 in 2018
19	0 in 2019
20	0 in 2020
21	2 in 2021
22	0 in 2022
23	2 in 2023

All credits

2023Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie: Part 1Original Creator, Chief Supervisor
2023Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie: Part 2Original Creator, Chief Supervisor
2021Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 1Original Creator, Chief Supervisor
2021Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 2Original Creator
2016Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Season 3Original Creator
2014Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Seasons 1-2Original Creator
1996Sailor Moon Sailor StarsOriginal Creator, Theme Song Lyrics
1995Sailor Moon SuperSOriginal Creator
1995Sailor Moon SuperS the Movie: Black Dream HoleOriginal Creator
1995Sailor Moon SuperS Plus: Ami's First LoveOriginal Creator
1995Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS SpecialOriginal Creator
1994Sailor Moon SOriginal Creator
1994Sailor Moon S Movie: Hearts in IceOriginal Creator
1993Sailor Moon ROriginal Creator
1993Sailor Moon R: The MovieOriginal Creator
1993Sailor Moon R: Make Up! Sailor GuardiansOriginal Creator
1992Sailor MoonOriginal Creator, Theme Song Lyrics

Profile

Birthday: March 15, 1967
Age: 59
Hometown: Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Active since: 1988
Gender: Female

Awards & links

🏆 Kodansha Manga Award
🏆 Inkpot Award
🏆 Nakayoshi Shinjin Manga Award

From Wikidata.

About

Naoko Takeuchi is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works are widely admired by anime/manga fans. She is a well-known mangaka in the United States. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, has been widely reprinted and marketed in North America. She also wrote the lyrics for a number of songs featured in the Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon anime and live-action series. They are mainly character-based image songs, but do include a few theme songs. She has won several awards including the 2nd Nakayoshi Comic Prize for Newcomers, for “Yume ja Nai no Ne,” in 1985. She also won for "Love Call" which won Nakayoshi's New Artist award which debuted in the Nakayoshi Deluxe September 1986 issue. In 1993 she won the 17th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo for Sailor Moon. She is also married to the author of Hunter x Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho, Togashi Yoshihiro.

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Frequently asked questions

What anime has Naoko Takeuchi worked on?

Naoko Takeuchi's best-known work includes Sailor Moon (Original Creator), Sailor Moon R (Original Creator), Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Seasons 1-2 (Original Creator), Sailor Moon S (Original Creator), Sailor Moon SuperS (Original Creator), Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (Original Creator).

What does Naoko Takeuchi do?

Naoko Takeuchi is credited most often as original creator, chief supervisor, theme song lyrics on anime.

When was Naoko Takeuchi born?

Naoko Takeuchi was born on March 15, 1967 in Kofu.

What awards has Naoko Takeuchi won?

Kodansha Manga Award, Inkpot Award, Nakayoshi Shinjin Manga Award.