In the Japanese manga industry, the only manga artist who can arbitrarily drag the manuscript is Yoshihiro Fuken; he can be called the "Shiratomi" in the manga industry, and he can only be Naoko Takeuchi. These two "big gods" finally came together, which makes people can't help but sigh, is this the strongest husband and wife file?
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Naoko Takeuchi was born on March 15, 1967 in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, to a family engaged in the jewelry business, and her family can be said to be very well-off. It can be said that she is a rich family born with a golden spoon.
Naoko Takeuchi, who lived a prosperous life, grew up, and according to the custom, she would be raised to become a famous lady who knew the book, or take over the family's business, but fate took a turn when she was in elementary school.
One day, Naoko Takeuchi, who was bedridden, was bored, and her parents brought her a manga magazine to relieve her boredom. This magazine is Nakayoshi, which is known as one of Japan's three major girl manga magazines.
Naoko Takeuchi was quickly attracted to the contents of the magazine, and then became obsessed with manga, even pretending to be sick in order to read manga.
From junior high school to high school, Naoko Takeuchi spent a lot of money on manga, but this also benefited from the superior conditions of her family. Sometimes she can also pick up a paintbrush to copy characters in comics, and she can always draw beautifully with her clever mind.
In high school, Takeuchi Naoko had the idea that "I can also become a manga artist", but she did not give up her studies hastily, but successfully entered the Faculty of Pharmacy of Keio University, which is known as the "first private school in Asia".
Naoko Takeuchi, who entered the university, was like a wild horse, and the idea of "becoming a manga artist" grew bigger and bigger, and finally in 1986, she threw her short debut "Love Call" to Nakayoshi, which won the Newcomer Manga Award and embarked on the path of a professional manga artist.
It is said that Naoko Takeuchi, who was rich and powerful at that time, drove a Porsche directly to receive the award, and the reputation of "Princess Naoko" never went away. Since then, she has published works continuously, and has received a lot of responses, but there is still a certain gap from the masterpiece.
By 1991, Naoko Takeuchi's editor-in-charge was keenly aware of the Japanese love for sailor suits and suggested that she try it in this direction. After thinking about it, she set her sights on one of her short comics, Sailor Suit Warrior v.
Sailor Suit Warrior v describes the story of middle school student Minako Aino who transforms into a righteous warrior Sailor V and fights against the forces of evil. However, at that time, "Sailor V" was already a registered trademark of other merchants, and in order to facilitate the future extension of the work to other media, Naoko Takeuchi recreated "Sailor Moon" with the same world view.
The super masterpiece "Sailor Moon" turned out to be a boom, especially after the launch of the animated version, causing a scene of thousands of empty alleys and spreading overseas, boosting the economic growth of Japanese animation. Now, there are Sailor Moon fans all over the world.
It is said that Sailor Moon even influenced women in the Middle East, regarding the concept of "gender equality" in the work as the star who broke through the ideological shackles, and Naoko Takeuchi has since become one of the first-class manga artists.
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The party in 1997 brought the two people together.
The organizer of the party was Kazuto Ogihara, the author of Diablo, who invited many famous manga artists at the time to participate in the manga party, and Naoko Takeuchi was naturally one of the invitees.
At the party, Naoko Takeuchi saw a guy with a shawl and a debauchery, and he actually had a feeling of heartbeat, and Naoko Takeuchi, who had gathered courage, exchanged business cards with him, which read: Yoshihiro Fuken.
Born on April 27, 1966 in Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Yoshihiro Tomiken was selected for the Tezuka Prize in 1987 and began serializing "The White Book of Yuyu" in 1990.
Unexpectedly, Yoshihiro Fuken saw the enthusiasm of such a "White Rich Beauty", but he was very shy, and sneaked away when Naoko Takeuchi went to the bathroom.
Yes, you read that right, he slipped away!
After the party, Naoko Takeuchi thought that Fuken Yoshihide was looking for an opportunity to contact him, but he was never heard from. With a straightforward personality, she called Yoshihiro Fuken directly in one phone call.
As a result, on the phone, Yoshihiro Fuken told Naoko Takeuchi in a gentle sentence that he would be so disrespectful because he had not seen the works of "Princess Naoko" and had been making up "Sailor Moon" at home for the past few days, so that he was eligible to communicate with Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Naoko Takeuchi's heart suddenly warmed up, and she didn't expect that such a person who looked like a hanger had such a gentle heart. Their relationship was suddenly brought closer, and then slowly developed into a romantic relationship, which was also deserved.
Fuken Yoshihiro's trick of "retreating to advance" is very worth learning from all straight men.
This sweet love soon reaped its fruits. In January 1999, Yoshihiro Tomiken married Naoko Takeuchi.
Their wedding was a comic book festival, and most of the attendees were top brass and cartoonists from comic book publishers. Weekly Shonen Jump even published a supplement to the wedding, calling them "Prince Fuken" and "Naoko" Princess.
The "Yuhiko Inoue crush on Naoko Takeuchi" circulating on the Internet is complete nonsense. There are indeed viewers like Sailor Moon in "Slam Dunk Master", but what does this have to do with who yuhiko Inoue, who was married at the time? Akagi Tsuyoshi is still like Ewing. The source of this rumor may have originated from the fact that several big guys in Tieba nibbled cp and then spread it through the masses who did not know the truth.
They do have such a confidence, the sum of the royalty income of the two newcomers, can be said to be the best in the Japanese manga industry, is the highest paid manga couple ever.
In 2000, the couple ushered in the crystallization of love. At the age of 33, Naoko Takeuchi began to teach her husband and gradually faded out of the manga industry. Yoshihiro Fuken also takes good care of his wife and gives back to fans in another way.
That is – suspension.
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The combination of Naoko Takeuchi and Yoshihiro Tomiken has always been dubbed by outsiders as a combination of "Beauty and the Beast", and he is very surprised by the story of "Shiratomi" chasing after him.
In fact, if you think about it, it is not unreasonable that two people will be attracted to each other.
They are all people with their own ideas and will change the status quo in the direction they believe. In particular, their portrayal of their characters can be said to exceed that era.
The girls in "Sailor Moon" are not subordinate to men at all, they have their own ideals and goals, although they also need men to help, they still rely on their own strength to solve problems.
Fuken Yoshihiro will also deliberately blur the gender of many characters, and truly treat the role as a "person" to give the will to survive, rather than a symbol, or a symbol of male strength.
Coincidentally, Naoko Takeuchi has also created such a "gender-ambiguous" character, and Haruka Tenno, who is tall and has both male and female personalities and strengths in Sailor Moon, is a character like this.
Setting up comic characters in this way is not a sign of how plausible it is, it's just proof that they fit in.
In addition, their personalities are very compatible, and their views on things are quite consistent. Naoko Takeuchi's personality is very straightforward, and she bluntly complains to the media about Toei's behavior of blindly changing the gender of her Tenno Haruka: "All sailor warriors are girls, and Haruka has always been a woman from beginning to end!" ”
Yoshihiro Fuken was able to become the "King of Dragging Manuscripts", which was also an agreement he reached with the magazine with his own talents. If you want to keep me, you have to promise me that I can rest. Isn't this a kind of rebellion against the "comic sweatshop" that squeezes cartoonists?
Nowadays, Yoshihiro Tomiken and Naoko Takeuchi live happily together, they show their love on comics from time to time, or travel abroad; occasionally Fuken Yoshihiro plays games and rubs mahjong all night, and the sloppy problems have not changed, but isn't this their most relaxed way of life.
However, neither of the two great gods of the manga industry seems to have intended to let their children inherit the manga business, perhaps Naoko Takeuchi saw the waist damage caused by her husband's long-term manga drawing, or perhaps wanted her children to enjoy another life, but readers have always believed that they will live very happily.