Natsuki Takaya

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in Shizuoka, Japan

July 07, 1973

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Romance

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Natsuki Takaya (高屋奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.

She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.

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花ゆめ発売

リゼ魔女26話、載っております～。

これにてヴェルグ編？はひとまず終了。

次回からはまたリズ中心です(ｏ'∀')ﾉ

リゼ魔女4巻（5月20日発売）も

じわじわ迫ってまいりましたね！

そしてそして。

今号は色紙プレゼントもあります。

詳しくは本誌で！

私はリーゼロッテを描きました～。

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Natsuki Takaya's Books

Average rating: 4.38 · 184,585 ratings · 3,343 reviews · 75 distinct works · Similar authors

	Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 (Fruits Basket, #1) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 42,935 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 7 (Fruits Basket, #7) 4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 8,679 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 4 (Fruits Basket, #4) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 8,661 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 2 (Fruits Basket, #2) 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 8,481 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 3 (Fruits Basket, #3) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 7,961 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 5 (Fruits Basket, #5) 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 7,603 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 6 (Fruits Basket, #6) 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 7,102 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 8 (Fruits Basket, #8) 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 6,955 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 10 (Fruits Basket, #10) 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 6,769 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 14 (Fruits Basket, #14) 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 6,237 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Natsuki Takaya

Fruits Basket (24 books)
by Natsuki Takaya
4.383541174836828 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 180,025 ratings

Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition (11 books)
by Natsuki Takaya
4.583902809415338 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 1,317 ratings

Tsubasa: Those with Wings (9 books)
by Natsuki Takaya
3.9341614906832296 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 805 ratings

Twinkle Stars (11 books)
by Natsuki Takaya
4.0673813169984685 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 653 ratings

Phantom Dream (5 books)
by Natsuki Takaya
3.506521739130435 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 460 ratings

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Quotes by Natsuki Takaya

“Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.”
― Natsuki Takaya

tags: fruits-basket, hurt, save, words, yuki

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“Those who hurt others will also hurt themselves.”
― Natsuki Takaya

tags: fruit-basket, japanese, life, manga

388 people liked it

“When snow melts, what does it become?'
It becomes water, of course'
Wrong! It becomes spring!”
― Natsuki Takaya

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