Haruka Takachiho

Who is Haruka Takachiho?

Haruka Takachiho is a Japanese science fiction author and founder of Studio Nue. Takachiho is best known as the creator of Crusher Joe, Dirty Pair and Dirty Pair Flash.

Takachiho established the anime production house Studio Nue in 1972, working as an anime producer and scenario writer, while still a student at Hosei University. He graduated three years later, in 1975, in social science. In 1977 Takachiho made his authorial debut with his novel "Crusher Joe: Rentai Wakusei Pizan no Kiki". Two of Takachiho's stories have won Seiun Awards, "Daatipea no Dai Boken" for Best Japanese Short Story in 1980, and "Dirty Pair no Dai Gyakuten" for Best Japanese Novel in 1986. He held the title of Executive Secretary of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan until the end of 1997.