Kazuki Takahashi

Kazuo Takahashi, known professionally as Kazuki Takahashi, was a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the author of Yu-Gi-Oh!, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1996 to 2004. The manga spawned a trading card game of the same name, which holds the Guinness World Record for the best-selling trading card game of all time. He died a hero, attempting to save 3 people from a Riptide, among which there was a Mother and her 11 year old daughter.