'Yu-Gi-Oh!' manga creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea


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An image of the "Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga comic and trading cards in Tokyo. Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the "Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga comic and trading card game, has died, apparently while snorkeling in southwestern Japan, the coast guard said on July 8. Photo: AP

Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga comic and trading card game, has died, apparently while snorkeling in southwestern Japan, the coast guard said today (July 8).

The body of Takahashi, 60, was found on Wednesday floating about 300m (330 yards) off the coast of Okinawa, by a person running a marine leisure business, according to an official at the Naha Coast Guard Nago station.

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