Natsuki Takaya

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July 07, 1973 in Shizuoka, Japan

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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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原画展ありがとうございました！

原画展、無事に本日終了です～。

各書店様、担当様、

お疲れ様でした&

ありがとうございました！

そして、

観に行ってくださった皆さん、

本当にありがとうございました(o'∀')ﾉ

少しでも楽しんでいただけたなら

うれしいです。

今後とも、リゼ魔女を

よろしくお願い致します(´v`)

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Books by Natsuki Takaya

Average rating: 4.39 · 114,590 ratings · 2,710 reviews · 85 distinct works

	Fruits Basket, Vol. 1 4.23 avg rating — 19,919 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 4 (Fruits Basket, #4) 4.39 avg rating — 5,811 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 2 (Fruits Basket, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 5,904 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 3 (Fruits Basket, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 5,568 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 7 4.40 avg rating — 5,193 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 5 4.39 avg rating — 5,105 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 6 4.44 avg rating — 4,945 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 8 (Fruits Basket, #8) 4.42 avg rating — 4,627 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 10 (Fruits Basket, #10) 4.45 avg rating — 4,502 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Fruits Basket, Vol. 9 (Fruits Basket, #9) 4.42 avg rating — 4,302 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	My rating:

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Series by Natsuki Takaya

Fruits Basket (23 books)
by Natsuki Takaya

4.39 avg rating — 111,664 ratings

Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition (6 books)
by Natsuki Takaya

4.55 avg rating — 857 ratings

Tsubasa: Those with Wings (9 books)
by Natsuki Takaya

3.96 avg rating — 546 ratings

Twinkle Stars (11 books)
by Natsuki Takaya

4.03 avg rating — 379 ratings

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“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

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

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