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Born 1961 · died 2022In the Jump 1991–2004
高橋和希
Kazuki Takahashi was the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! (1996–2004), the story of Yugi Mutō, a shy boy who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle and gains a second self — the spirit of a pharaoh who challenges his enemies to 'shadow games'.
The card game Duel Monsters gradually took over the manga and became a real trading card game, launched by Konami in 1999, which Guinness World Records has recognised as the best-selling trading card game in the world. Before that he published Tennenshoku Danji Buray (1991–1992) in Jump. He died in July 2022, in the sea off Okinawa.
高橋和希 Born 1961 · died 2022
2 series, from the first to the last
1991–1992Writer & Artist
Tennenshoku Danji Buray debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 50 · 1991, on sale November 19, 1991. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Dragon Ball. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 13, ran in No. 12 · 1992 (February 25, 1992), after 3 months of serialization.
1996–2004Writer & Artist
Yugi Muto solves the Millennium Puzzle and awakens a pharaoh's spirit inside him who takes on anyone in life-or-death games.
GamingFantasyAction
Yu-Gi-Oh! debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 42 · 1996, on sale September 17, 1996. That same issue also carried Kochikame, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Rokudenashi Blues. Its last chapter in the magazine, number 343, ran in No. 15 · 2004 (March 8, 2004), after 7 and a half years of serialization.
Dates are the day each issue went on sale in Japan. Open one to see the full issue: if it matches your birthday, that is your Jump.
