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{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (born 1960)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Yoshiki Takaya
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1960|02|21}}
| birth_place = [[Akita Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| death_date  = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) -->
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| nationality = Japanese
| other_names = Moriwo Chimi
| known_for   = ''[[Bio Booster Armor Guyver]]''
| occupation  = [[mangaka|Manga artist]]
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{{Nihongo|'''Yoshiki Takaya'''|高屋 良樹|Takaya Yoshiki|born February 21, 1960|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[mangaka|manga artist]] best known for creating the [[manga]] ''[[Bio Booster Armor Guyver|Guyver]]''.

== Career ==
Takaya began as a [[hentai]] manga artist under the [[pen name]] {{nihongo|'''Moriwo Chimi'''|ちみもりを|Chimi Moriwo}}, with several works printed in the adult manga magazine ''[[Lemon People]]'', published by Kubo Shoten.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The best known of these is ''[[Hades Project Zeorymer]]'', which was adapted as a four episode [[original video animation]] (OVA) by [[AIC (company)|AIC]]. He also had stories published in the manga anthology series ''[[Petit Apple Pie]]'' under this pen name.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Takaya was contributing to [[Ochazukenori]]'s [[doujinshi]] anthology ''Pen Touch''. The work of Ochazukenori was an inspiration to him: "The kind of stories that Nori was drawing weren't what you'd call 'popular.' Our fanzine was the only place where he could create his own ideal manga."<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Ledoux |first=Trish |url= |title=Anime interviews : the first five years of Animerica, anime & Manga monthly (1992-97) |date=1997 |publisher=Cadence Books |isbn=1-56931-220-6 |pages=62 |oclc=38160911}}</ref>

His most successful series ''Guyver'' has been adapted into multiple [[anime]] features as well as live-action films. ''Guyver'' was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Captain'' (published by [[Tokuma Shoten]]) for the lifetime of the magazine from February 18, 1985, to 1997. When ''Captain'' was cancelled, the manga moved to ''[[Shōnen Ace]]'', published by [[Kadokawa Shoten]], who also reprinted the collected volumes from the beginning. There are 32 ''[[tankōbon]]'' available.

==Works==
===As Moriwo Chimi===
* ''[[Hades Project Zeorymer|Project Zeorymer]]'' (冥王計画ゼオライマー), in ''Lemon People''; October 1983 to November 1984, in ''[[Monthly Comic Ryū]]'', June 2007 to August 2007
* ''Ta-ta-ka-e Otō-san'' (た·た·か·え お父さん!!), in ''Lemon People'', May 1984
* ''ALEF'', in ''Lemon People'', February 1985
* ''Cross Fire'' (クロス·ファイア), single volume, April 1985 {{ISBN|4-7659-0214-5}}, republished 1990-07-10 {{ISBN|4-7659-0280-3}}
* ''Kokoro no Yami ni Ai no Uzu'' (心の闇に愛の渦), in ''Lemon People'', July 1986

===As Yoshiki Takaya===
*''[[Bio Booster Armor Guyver|Kyōshoku Sōkō Guyver]]'' (強殖装甲ガイバー), in ''Shōnen Captain'', 1985-02-18 to February 1997, resumed in ''Shōnen Ace''

== Citations  ==
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== General and cited references ==
* [http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tsuribe/anime/animeOj.html#Zeorymer Landolt-C information on Zeorymer] ([http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tsuribe/anime/animeOe.html#Zeorymer English version])
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051102123113/http://www.kuboama.com/kubobooks/kubo/chimi.html ''Cross Fire'' on Kuboama site]
* [http://kirarabunko.cool.ne.jp/www/nlist/mzasshi/adult/ippan.html List of H comic back issues] and [http://kirarabunko.cool.ne.jp/www/list/zassi-s/kyaputen.html List of Shōnen Captain back issues] on Kirara Bunko
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060429085515/http://www.hanazono.ac.jp/english/index.html Hanazono Univ] A rumor with alma mater of Yoshiki Takaya

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