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Kazuki Takahashi, author of the popular manga “Yu-Gi-Oh!” Died in Nago, Okinawa | NHK

It turned out that Kazuki Takahashi, his real name, and Kazumasa, the author of the popular manga “Yu-Gi-Oh!” For boys, died in Okinawa Prefecture.

Around 10:30 am on the 6th, a person involved in marine leisure reported to the Japan Coast Guard that “people are drifting prone” about 300 meters off the coast of Awa, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture.

A firefighter who rushed to the scene rescued the man, but was later confirmed dead.

The Nago Coast Guard has confirmed with Mr. Takahashi on the 7th.

Mr. Takahashi was wearing snorkeling equipment, and according to the Japan Coast Guard, he was visiting Okinawa alone.

Also, according to the Japan Coast Guard, a license was found while a rental car rented by Mr. Takahashi, who had been left unattended on a farm road near the beach in Onna village, about 12 km away from the site where Mr. Takahashi was found, was found. It means that.

According to the Japan Coast Guard, there are no noticeable scratches on Mr. Takahashi’s body, so we are investigating how the Japan Coast Guard died.

A card game with the motif of “Yu-Gi-Oh!”

Kazuki Takahashi is from Tokyo and made his debut as a manga artist in 1986.

“Yu-Gi-Oh!”, Which began serialization in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 1996 to 2004, is a high school student who has a different personality in himself after completing a puzzle from ancient Egypt. It is a story of fighting with games, and the cumulative circulation of the series has exceeded 40 million, and it became a big hit such as being made into a TV animation and a movie, and became a masterpiece of Mr. Takahashi.

In addition, the card game with the motif of the card game that appeared in the work became popular worldwide, with competitions being held in various places, and was certified as a “trading card game with the highest sales in the world” by Guinness record.