Naoko Takeuchi

Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子) is the manga writer and artist who created Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V. Her other series are Prism Time, Chocolate Christmas, Maria, The Cherry Project, Miss Rain, PQ Angels, Princess Naoko Takeuchi's Return-to-Society Punch!!, Toki*Meka, and Love Witch.

Personal Life

Her parents are called Kenji and Ikuko, she has one sibling, a younger brother called Shingo, and she named Usagi's immediate family after her own. She is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter X Hunter, and they have a young son whom she refers to as "Petit Prince". When drawing herself in her author notes sections and other places she usually represents herself as a little bunny or sometimes as a human with rabbit ears, and she draws her husband as a dog, her son as a puppy, and her editor and friend Fumio "Osa-P" Osano as a pig.

Sailor Moon Career

As well as creating the Sailor Moon universe, she was responsible for writing the lyrics to several songs throughout the series. "Princess Moon", "Tuxedo Mirage", "'Rashiku' Ikimashou", and the "Sailor Star Song" had their lyrics written by her for the anime.

Current Career

She has not written/illustrated a complete series since the Sailor Moon manga ended serialization in 1997. However she has started several series which have not been completed due to disputes (PQ Angels), and her dedicating time to bringing up her son. Toki*Meka is the series she has most recently worked on and is currently being sporadically published. However, she and her husband recently co-created a children's picture book called Big Boomee and Little Boomee. She was the writer and designer, and he illustrated it.