is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating the series Fruits Basket.
Born Nana Hatake, Takaya was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut as a manga artist in 1992. Takaya had wanted to be a manga artist since first grade, when her sister started drawing.
Her manga series Fruits Basket, which debuted in 1998, became one of the best selling manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into an anime series twice; the first, which premiered in 2001, aired as one season of twenty six episodes. The second, which premiered in 2019, consists of two seasons of twenty five episodes and the third season comprised 13 episodes and concluded in 2021.
In 2001, Takaya received the Kodansha Manga Award for manga for Fruits Basket. As revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complained that her handwriting had gotten uglier due to the surgery.
Works
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| Tsubasa: Those with Wings
| 1995–1998
| Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in 6 volumes
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| Fruits Basket
| 1998–2006
| Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in 23 volumes, edition in 12 volumes
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| Songs to Make You Smile ()
| 1999 (vol.)
| Short story collection. Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in 1 volume
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| Twinkle Stars
| 2007–2011
| Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in 11 volumes
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| Liselotte & Witch's Forest
| 2011–2013 (hiatus)
| Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in 5 volumes
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| Fruits Basket Another
| 2015–2019
| Serialized in HanaLaLa onlinePublished by Hakusensha in 4 volumes
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| Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc
| 2019
| Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in the last volume of Fruits Basket Another
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| Fruits Basket: The Three Musketeers Arc 2
| 2020
| Serialized in Published by Hakusensha in the last volume of Fruits Basket Another
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| Kakumo Chiisaki Sekai ni te
| 2023–present
| Serialized in Manga Park
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Fruits Basket Fan Book, 2 volumes,
Takaya Natsuki Art Book Fruits Basket, 1 volume
Fruits Basket character book, 1 volume,
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References
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Works cited
- Fruits Basket Vol. 1; pg. 29. (English Translation)
- Fruits Basket Vol. 7; pg. 15 (English Translation)
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