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{{nihongo|'''Novala Takemoto'''|嶽本 野ばら|Takemoto Nobara|born January 26, 1968}} is a Japanese author and fashion designer. His real name is {{nihongo|Toshiaki Takemoto|嶽本 稔明|''Takemoto Toshiaki''}}.<ref>[http://book.asahi.com/news/TKY200709030288.html/ "'Otome no karisuma' Takemoto Nobara yōgisha, taima shoji de taiho." ''[[Asahi Shimbun]]''. September 4, 2007.]</ref> His pen name is translatable as "The Wild Rose."
{{nihongo|'''Novala Takemoto'''|嶽本 野ばら|Takemoto Nobara}} is the professional name of {{nihongo|'''Toshiaki Takemoto'''|嶽本 稔明|''Takemoto Toshiaki''}}, a Japanese author, and fashion designer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://book.asahi.com/news/TKY200709030288.html/ |title="'Otome no karisuma' Takemoto Nobara yōgisha, taima shoji de taiho." ''&#91;&#91;Asahi Shimbun&#93;&#93;''. September 4, 2007. |access-date=March 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220171514/http://book.asahi.com/news/TKY200709030288.html |archive-date=February 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Known as the "Lolitas' Bard"{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}, he is a [[heterosexual]] man self-described as having the charisma of a young maiden. He has been one of the most active promoters of the [[Lolita fashion|Lolita]] lifestyle. He once designed a line of clothing featuring his own logo for [[BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT]] and is consistently featured in the magazine Gothic & Lolita Bible. A few of his favorite things are Alice and the Pirates, [[Vivienne Westwood]], MILK, rockinghorse shoes, [[Christian Dior]] perfume, [[robot]]s, [[science fiction]], [[taxidermy]], [[doll]]s, and [[Philip Glass]]. He also has a fascination with the [[Rococo]] era, and sometimes claims to have been born in the year 1745.{{citation needed|date=September 2010}}


==Biography==
==Biography==
Takemoto was born in [[Uji, Kyoto|Uji]], south of [[Kyoto]]. As a child, he was shy and preferred [[drawing]] and [[Reading (process)|reading]] (two of his favorite authors were [[Osamu Dazai]] and [[Yasunari Kawabata]]) to spending time with others, and was a big fan of the [[anime]] series ''[[Candy Candy]]'', in the discovery of which he was "happy to finally find what [he] liked".<ref name="hikari.org.nz">[http://www.hikari.org.nz/stuff/otaku/sm/takemoto.html Kondo, Miyuki. "Do your own thing: 'Lolita' novelist touches lonely hearts." ''[[Asahi Shimbun]]''. July 24, 2004.]</ref> He was also sometimes beaten by his father, which he says persuaded him to follow his own path in life.<ref>[https://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?file=fl20041121x4.html/ McNeill, David. "Lolitas' Bard is Sitting Pretty." ''[[The Japan Times Online]]''. Sunday, November 21, 2004.]</ref> After dropping out of [[Osaka University of Arts]] in 1987, he participated in a variety of artistic, musical and theatrical activities. From 1992 to 1997 he made his literary debut contributing serial essays to ''Hanagata Bunka Tsūshin'' (花形文化通信), a [[Kansai]] free arts newspaper. These essays were collected and published in book format in 1998 as ''Soleilnuit: For Becoming a Proper Young Lady'', and received wide recognition. These essays also increased the popularity of the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] term ''otome'', referring to a young lady or young [[maiden]]. [[Shogakukan]] published his debut novel ''Missin''' in 2000. He was nominated for the [[Yukio Mishima Prize|Yukio Mishima Literary Award]] twice, for his novels ''Emily'' (in 2003) and ''Lolita.'' (in 2004).<ref name="hikari.org.nz" />
Takemoto was born in [[Uji, Kyoto|Uji]], south of [[Kyoto]]. As a child, he was shy and preferred [[drawing]] and [[Reading (process)|reading]] (two of his favorite authors were [[Osamu Dazai]] and [[Yasunari Kawabata]]) to spending time with others, and was a big fan of the [[anime]] series ''[[Candy Candy]]'', in the discovery of which he was "happy to finally find what [he] liked".<ref name="hikari.org.nz">[http://www.hikari.org.nz/stuff/otaku/sm/takemoto.html Kondo, Miyuki. "Do your own thing: 'Lolita' novelist touches lonely hearts."] ''[[Asahi Shimbun]]''. July 24, 2004.</ref> He was also sometimes beaten by his father, which he says persuaded him to follow his own path in life.<ref>[https://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?file=fl20041121x4.html/ McNeill, David. "Lolitas' Bard is Sitting Pretty."] ''[[The Japan Times Online]]''. Sunday, November 21, 2004.</ref> After dropping out of [[Osaka University of Arts]] in 1987,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kamikaze Girls Author Booked for Cannabis Possession|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-04/kamikaze-girls-author-booked-for-cannabis-possession|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Anime News Network|language=en}}</ref> he participated in a variety of artistic, musical and theatrical activities. From 1992 to 1997, he made his literary debut contributing serial essays to ''Hanagata Bunka Tsūshin'' (花形文化通信), a [[Kansai]] free arts newspaper. These essays were collected and published in book format in 1998 as ''Soleilnuit: For Becoming a Proper Young Lady'', and received wide recognition. These essays also increased the popularity of the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] term ''otome'', referring to a young lady or young [[maiden]]. [[Shogakukan]] published his debut novel ''Missin''' in 2000. He was nominated for the [[Yukio Mishima Prize|Yukio Mishima Literary Award]] twice, for his novels ''Emily'' (in 2003) and ''Lolita'' (in 2004).<ref name="hikari.org.nz" />

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Takemoto is best known for ''Shimotsuma Monogatari'', titled ''[[Kamikaze Girls]]'' in [[English language|English]]. The series was adapted to a [[manga]] and a [[film]] which was directed by [[Tetsuya Nakashima]]. Another of his novels, ''Twins --- A Variety Store Named "The End of the World"'', was also adapted for film in 2001 by Kiseki Hamada.<ref>[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20011128a4.html Shoji, Kaori. "Refuge in the little shop of solace." ''[[The Japan Times Online]]''. Wednesday, November 28, 2001.]</ref>

The following biography has been translated from Takemoto's official website, NOVALA BOX.

<blockquote>
"I'm a writer.
I was born on January 26th, in 1745, during the [[Rococo]] period.
I was born in Ujishi in the [[Kyoto]] area.
I attended Osaka Art College.
In 1990 I worked at a "novice shop" in the heart of [[Kansai]], which dealt with artistic, musical and theatrical events. During that time I was a writer and editor for a free paper called the "Cultural Flourish News," which was the start of my career as an essayist. From 1992 to 1997, the "Cultural Flourish News" serialized my essays "Soleilnuit - For Becoming a Proper Young Lady," which received an unprecedented amount of popularity and support in 1998. This allowed the essays to be published in a separate volume. They invoke what I would call "a young lady's charisma."
In 1999 and 2000, I switched my base of operations to [[Tokyo]] and wrote my debut novel Missin' for the publisher [[Shogakukan]].
Besides writing, I collaborated with [[BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT]] to create Novala Takemoto POUR LOLITA apparel, MATERIALLOLITA [[Bearbrick]] and [[Hello Kitty]] items, and I also go out of my way to diversify the quite multi-faceted Lolita culture."
</blockquote>


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Takemoto is best known for ''Shimotsuma Monogatari'', titled ''[[Kamikaze Girls]]'' in English. The series was adapted to a [[manga]] and a [[film]] which was directed by [[Tetsuya Nakashima]]. Another of his novels, ''Twins: A Variety Store Named "The End of the World"'', was also adapted for film in 2001 by Kiseki Hamada.<ref>[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20011128a4.html Shoji, Kaori. "Refuge in the little shop of solace."] ''[[The Japan Times Online]]''. Wednesday, November 28, 2001.</ref>
==Arrest==
On September 2, 2007, Novala Takemoto was arrested for possession of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] and violating the Cannabis Control Law. After spotting Takemoto walking alone on a street in the [[Kabukicho]] district of [[Tokyo]]'s [[Shinjuku]] Ward that evening, a police officer stopped him for questioning and reportedly found .22&nbsp;grams of cannabis in Takemoto's possession, and Takemoto admitted to having used the drug.<ref>[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/09/03/novala_takemoto_arrested_for_marijuana/7484/ "Novala Takemoto arrested for marijuana." ''[[United Press International]]''.]</ref>


Takemoto was arrested in September 2007 for violating the [[Cannabis Control Law]] and was later convicted of the crime.<ref name=mainichi2015>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425220028/http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20150424k0000m040008000c.html|archive-date=April 25, 2015|url=http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20150424k0000m040008000c.html|title=嶽本野ばら容疑者:麻薬成分含む植物片所持の疑いで逮捕|work=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|date=April 23, 2015|last=山崎|first=征克|access-date=February 16, 2020|lang=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Novala Takemoto arrested for marijuana|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2007/09/03/Novala-Takemoto-arrested-for-marijuana/74841188860710/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> He was arrested again in 2015 after he was found to have two grams of contraband that are banned under the Narcotics Control Law in his possession.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-04-23|title=Tokyo cops arrest novelist Novala Takemoto for 'dangerous drugs'|url=https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/tokyo-cops-arrest-novelist-novala-takemoto-for-dangerous-drugs/|access-date=2021-07-28|website=TokyoReporter|language=en-US}}</ref>
Takemoto's arrest has had serious repercussions for his career. [[Baby, The Stars Shine Bright]] has removed any mention of affiliation, such as his Pour Lolita and [[Hello Kitty]] lines, from their website. Takemoto's website was also shut down for an extended period of time and replaced by an apologetic note for visitors, but it has since reopened.


==Works in English translation==
==Works in English translation==
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** ''Little store called End of the World''
** ''Little store called End of the World''
** ''Missin' 2: Kasako''
** ''Missin' 2: Kasako''
* ''Emily'' (original title: ''Emirī''), trans. Misa Dikengil Lindberg (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)<ref>[http://emily-novala.com/ Emily - A Novel by Novala Takemoto (Shueisha English Edition)]</ref>
* ''Emily'' (original title: ''Emirī''), trans. Misa Dikengil Lindberg ([[Shueisha]] English Edition, 2013)<ref>[http://emily-novala.com/ Emily - A Novel by Novala Takemoto (Shueisha English Edition)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212010931/http://emily-novala.com/ |date=2013-12-12 }}</ref>
** ''Emily''
** ''Emily''
** ''Corset''
** ''Corset''
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===Novels and short stories===
===Novels and short stories===
* 2000 ''Missin''' (ミシン)
* 2000 ''Missin''' (ミシン)
* 2001 ''Twins: A Variety Store Named "The End of the World"'' (''Twins---Zoku-Sekai no Owari to Iu Na no Zakkaten'' / ツインズ――続・世界の終わりという名の雑貨店)
* 2001 ''Twins: A Variety Store Named "The End of the World"'' (''Twins: Zoku-Sekai no Owari to Iu Na no Zakkaten'' / ツインズ――続・世界の終わりという名の雑貨店)
* 2001 ''Café: A Collection of Literary Sketches'' (''Café Shōhinshū'' / カフェー小品集)
* 2001 ''Café: A Collection of Literary Sketches'' (''Café Shōhinshū'' / カフェー小品集)
* 2002 ''Emily'' (エミリー)
* 2002 ''Emily'' (エミリー)
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.novala.net NOVALA BOX] (official website)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180419080724/http://novala.net/ NOVALA BOX] (official website)
* [http://www.nt2099.com/INTERVIEWS/novala_takemoto/novala.pdf J!-ENT 2006 Interview] (Interview with Novala Takemoto at Pacific Media Expo 2006)
* [http://www.nt2099.com/INTERVIEWS/novala_takemoto/novala.pdf J!-ENT 2006 Interview] (Interview with Novala Takemoto at Pacific Media Expo 2006)


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[[Category:Osaka University of Arts alumni]]
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Latest revision as of 20:16, 23 March 2024

Novala Takemoto
BornUji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Occupationwriter, fashion designer
Genreessays, novels, short stories

Novala Takemoto (嶽本 野ばら, Takemoto Nobara) is the professional name of Toshiaki Takemoto (嶽本 稔明, Takemoto Toshiaki), a Japanese author, and fashion designer.[1]

Biography

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Takemoto was born in Uji, south of Kyoto. As a child, he was shy and preferred drawing and reading (two of his favorite authors were Osamu Dazai and Yasunari Kawabata) to spending time with others, and was a big fan of the anime series Candy Candy, in the discovery of which he was "happy to finally find what [he] liked".[2] He was also sometimes beaten by his father, which he says persuaded him to follow his own path in life.[3] After dropping out of Osaka University of Arts in 1987,[4] he participated in a variety of artistic, musical and theatrical activities. From 1992 to 1997, he made his literary debut contributing serial essays to Hanagata Bunka Tsūshin (花形文化通信), a Kansai free arts newspaper. These essays were collected and published in book format in 1998 as Soleilnuit: For Becoming a Proper Young Lady, and received wide recognition. These essays also increased the popularity of the Japanese term otome, referring to a young lady or young maiden. Shogakukan published his debut novel Missin' in 2000. He was nominated for the Yukio Mishima Literary Award twice, for his novels Emily (in 2003) and Lolita (in 2004).[2]

Takemoto is best known for Shimotsuma Monogatari, titled Kamikaze Girls in English. The series was adapted to a manga and a film which was directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. Another of his novels, Twins: A Variety Store Named "The End of the World", was also adapted for film in 2001 by Kiseki Hamada.[5]

Takemoto was arrested in September 2007 for violating the Cannabis Control Law and was later convicted of the crime.[6][7] He was arrested again in 2015 after he was found to have two grams of contraband that are banned under the Narcotics Control Law in his possession.[8]

Works in English translation

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  • Kamikaze Girls (original title: Shimotsuma Monogatari), trans. Akemi Wegmüller (Viz Media, 2006)
  • Missin´ and Missin´ 2: Kasako (original title: Mishin and Mishin 2: Kasako), trans. Anne Ishii (Viz Media, 2009)
    • Missin'
    • Little store called End of the World
    • Missin' 2: Kasako
  • Emily (original title: Emirī), trans. Misa Dikengil Lindberg (Shueisha English Edition, 2013)[9]
    • Emily
    • Corset
    • Readymade

Works

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Novels and short stories

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  • 2000 Missin' (ミシン)
  • 2001 Twins: A Variety Store Named "The End of the World" (Twins: Zoku-Sekai no Owari to Iu Na no Zakkaten / ツインズ――続・世界の終わりという名の雑貨店)
  • 2001 Café: A Collection of Literary Sketches (Café Shōhinshū / カフェー小品集)
  • 2002 Emily (エミリー)
  • 2002 Shimotsuma Story (Shimotsuma Monogatari / 下妻物語)
    (English title for the movie adaptation: Kamikaze Girls)
  • 2003 Princess Scale (Uroko-hime / 鱗姫)
  • 2003 Calps Alpis (カルプス・アルピス)
  • 2003 A Child Abandoned by Deus (Deusu no Sutego / デウスの棄て児)
  • 2004 Lolita. (ロリヰタ。)
  • 2004 Missin' 2: Kasako (ミシン２／カサコ)
  • 2005 SHIMOTSUMA STORY FINAL (Shimotsuma Monogatari Kan---Yankī-chan to Rorīta-chan to Satsujin Jiken / 下妻物語・完　ヤンキーちゃんとロリータちゃんと殺人事件)
  • 2005 Sicilienne (シシリエンヌ)
  • 2006 Happiness (ハピネス)
  • 2007 ALL WORKS Fetish
  • 2007 Metamorphosis (Henshin / 変身)
  • 2007 Hallucinative Anthology (Gensō Shōhinshū / 幻想小品集)
  • 2007 Arabian Nights (Sen'yaichiya Kishi--Arajin to Mahō no Okaimono / 千夜一夜騎士――アラジンと魔法のお買物)
  • 2008 Cannabis (Taima / タイマ)
  • 2008 Olochi, super remix ver. (Orochi, super remix ver. / おろち)
  • 2008 ROCK'N'ROLL SWINDLE――How to Form a Proper Punk Band (ROCK'N'ROLL SWINDLE――Tadashii panku bando no tsukurikata / 正しいパンク・バンドの作り方)
  • 2009 Unhallowed Kingdom (Shukufuku sarenai ōkoku / 祝福されない王国)
  • 2009 Long-Distance Love at 14 Years Old (Jūyonsai no enkyori ren'ai / 十四歳の遠距離恋愛)

Essay collections

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  • 1998 Soleilnuit: For Becoming a Proper Young Lady (Soreinu---Tadashii Otome ni Naru Tame ni / それいぬ――正しい乙女になるために)
  • 2002 Patchwork (パッチワーク)
  • 2004 Alice's Adventures in Fantasy Land (Ren'ai no Kuni no Arisu / 恋愛の国のアリス)

Picture books

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  • 2004 Uloco-hime: Princess Scale (うろこひめ)

Photo books

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  • 2007 short hope (photography by Maki Miyashita)

Other

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  • I Love You
  • 2009 Maidens' Trivia (Otome no toribia / 乙女のトリビア)

Sources and Notes

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  1. ^ ""'Otome no karisuma' Takemoto Nobara yōgisha, taima shoji de taiho." [[Asahi Shimbun]]. September 4, 2007". Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  2. ^ a b Kondo, Miyuki. "Do your own thing: 'Lolita' novelist touches lonely hearts." Asahi Shimbun. July 24, 2004.
  3. ^ McNeill, David. "Lolitas' Bard is Sitting Pretty." The Japan Times Online. Sunday, November 21, 2004.
  4. ^ "Kamikaze Girls Author Booked for Cannabis Possession". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  5. ^ Shoji, Kaori. "Refuge in the little shop of solace." The Japan Times Online. Wednesday, November 28, 2001.
  6. ^ 山崎, 征克 (April 23, 2015). "嶽本野ばら容疑者:麻薬成分含む植物片所持の疑いで逮捕". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  7. ^ "Novala Takemoto arrested for marijuana". UPI. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  8. ^ "Tokyo cops arrest novelist Novala Takemoto for 'dangerous drugs'". TokyoReporter. 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  9. ^ Emily - A Novel by Novala Takemoto (Shueisha English Edition) Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
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