Haruka TakachihoHaruka Takachiho.

Haruka Takachiho (高千穂 遙, Takachiho Haruka) (born November 7, 1951, as Kimiyoshi Takekawa (竹川 公訓, Takekawa Kimiyoshi) in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction author and founder of Studio Nue. Takachiho is best known as the creator of Crusher Joe, Dirty Pair and Dirty Pair Flash. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies called him one of Japan's leading pulp novelists.