| Takahashi Rumiko (高橋留美子) was born in Niigata, Japan, October 10, 1957. She attended woman's college in Tokyo, where she studied with Koike Kazuo, author of "Crying Freeman". In 1978, Takahashi won a prize in Shogakukan's annual "New Comic Artist Contest", and the same year her comic "Lum*Urusei Yatsura" began appearing in Shonen Sunday. It ran for 9 years, and with the success of "Ranma 1/2", she became one of the most respected manga artists in the world. With the publication of Ranma 1/2 vol. 34, the total number of compiled works sold by Takahashi reached over 100,000,000 around the world. A tax report released in recent years showed Takahashi as one of the richest persons in Japan (she was 5th at that time).
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