Rumiko Takahashi
Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子 Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist.
Takahashi is one of Japan's most affluent manga artists.
Her works are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages.
Takahashi is also the best selling female comics artist in history; as of February 2010, over 170 million copies of her various works had been sold.
She has twice won the Shogakukan Manga Award: once in 1980 for Urusei Yatsura, and again in 2002 for InuYasha.
Notable works:
Lum: Urusei Yatsura (1978–1987)
RIN-NE (2009–)