Natsuki
Natsuki Takaya (real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist most well-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7; her birthday corresponds with Japan's Weaver Star Festival, Tanabata. She is a Cancer, and her blood type is A. She is left-handed, as well. She once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since 1st 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 spends most of her time playing 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 shoujo manga ever in Japan and the top selling shoujo in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a 26-episode anime series. In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo for the Fruits Basket manga.
According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya had broken her left arm (the one she draws with) 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 complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.
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