‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Creator Kazuki Takahashi Found Dead in Sea Off Japanese Coast

‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ Creator Kazuki Takahashi Found Dead in Sea Off Japanese Coast
This photo shows “Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga comic and trading cards in Tokyo, Japan, on July 7, 2022. Shohei Miyano/Kyodo News via AP
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Kazuki Takahashi, a Japanese artist responsible for the international hit manga series “Yu-Gi-Oh!” that included a popular-card game, was found dead in the sea this week, officials said. He was 60.

The body of Takahashi, whose real first name was Kazuo, was recovered off the coast of Okinawa, a Japanese island in the East China Sea, on July 6, according to an official at the Naha Coast Guard Nago station.

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