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Rumiko TAKAHASHI

高橋 留美子

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Family name (in kanji): 高橋 
Given name (in kanji): 留美子 
Date of birth: 1957-10-10 
Hometown: Niigata, Japan 
Blood type: A+ 
About:
A graduate of Japan's Women's College, she'd been trained at Kazuo Koike Gekiga-son Juku (like as comic circle). She got a comic prize in 1978, and made her debut as a comic artist. Soon she started cartoon "Urusei Yatsura" in the magazine "Weekly Sunday". 
Non-anime staff credits:
Original Creator and Character Designer for "InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask" (VG) 
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