18 Facts About Kan Takahama

Kan Takahama is a Japanese manga artist born in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture.

Kan Takahama is internationally known for the manga Nyx no Lantern, winner of the 24th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award in 2020.

Kan Takahama was born on April 6,1977, in the city of Amakusa, in the Kumamoto Prefecture.

Kan Takahama studied contemporary art at the University of Tsukuba.

Kan Takahama found that drawing these discussions in comic book panels felt the best way to depict these interactions.

Kan Takahama was contacted soon after, being offered a job working with the company, she previously had never considered becoming a mangaka.

Kan Takahama continued to publish regularly in Garo through 2001 and 2002 and these short stories were collected in the Yellowbacks volume, which was published in Japan by Seirindo in February 2002.

Garo magazine stopped publishing after Kan Takahama had been working there for two years.

Kan Takahama failed to gain the rights to her published manga and she has never been paid for her work with them.

Kan Takahama researched Boilet further and came across his proposal for the Nouvelle manga movement which sought to combine mature manga stories with the art style of Franco-Belgian comics.

Kan Takahama's ideas led her to reach out to him believing she could bring something to his project.

Kan Takahama continued to work with Casterman for a few years.

At the time Kan Takahama worked part-time at an eel shop which meant for the first time she drew her illustrations digitally instead of in pen to save time.

Kan Takahama went on to produce Chou no Michiyuki, released in 2014 and given praise from the well respected mangaka, Jiro Taniguchi.

In 2016, Kan Takahama began to publish the first in what is her current longest and most complex series of manga, titled Nyx no Lantern.

Kan Takahama has spoken about her struggles with alcohol early into her career as a mangaka due to her sudden fame and attention from the media, staying up late to be part of international interviews and answering the same questions constantly.

Kan Takahama described alcohol as the only way she could get through this process.

Kan Takahama has since recovered and currently lives up in the mountains in Amakusa with her husband, drawing and producing manga.