“Yu-Gi-Oh!” creator Takahashi Kazuki was found dead in the waters off the coast of Okinawa Island, Japan, on Wednesday. He was 60.
Kazuki's body was discovered about 1,000 feet offshore at about 10:30 a.m. local time, an official with the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Okinawa told NBC News. Local police had also discovered an abandoned rental car at a nearby beach. Once they determined Kazuki had rented the vehicle, they contacted his family to confirm the body was him. He was identified Thursday.
Kazuki was wearing snorkeling equipment when he was found, according to the Coast Guard. He was traveling alone.The Coast Guard also said there were “damages to his body which looked like they were caused by some sort of marine animal."Kazuki, whose real name is Takahashi Kazuo, and is also known as Kazumasa, started as a manga artist in the early 1980s, but it was “Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga for boys he created in 1996 that brought him success.
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