Sana Takeda

• Born — 1977 • Birthplace — Niigata, Japan • Notable Works — Monstress • Awards — Hugo Award, Eisner Award • Website — https: sanatakeda.com/ • Manga Artist — y • Cartoonist — y • Penciller — y • Artist — y • Inker — y • Letterer — y • Colorist — y

Takeda was born in Niigata, and now resides in Tokyo, Japan. At age 20 Takeda started working as a 3D CGI designer for Sega, creating pictures of soccer and NBA athletes. She became a freelance artist when she was 25. After sending her portfolio to C. B. Cebulski, she began working on several projects for Marvel Comics, including X-Men, Venom, Civil War II and Ms. Marvel. From 2006 to 2008 she worked with C. B. Cebulski on their creator-owned series Drain. In 2010 she started to work with Marjorie Liu on X-23 for Marvel Comics and in 2013 the two started to work on their creator-owned series Monstress. The artists identified by Takeda as major influences include: Kuniyoshi Utagawa's ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Shigeru Mizuki's yōkai (Japanese spirits) art, and illustrations of Ishihara Gōjin.

• X-Men Fairy Tales #1 (Marvel, 2006) • Drain (Image Comics, 2006-2008) • X-Men Divided We Stand #1, part 2 (Marvel, 2008) • Ms. Marvel Vol. 2 #39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48-50 (Marvel, 2009-2010) • Web of Spider-man Vol. 2 #9-11 (Marvel, 2010)- • X-Men Forever Annual (with colorist Simone Peruzzi, Marvel, 2010) • What If? Dark Reign (Marvel, 2010) • X-23 Vol. 3 #3, 7, 10-12, 17-19 (Marvel, 2010-2011) • Incredible Hulks #621, part 2 (Marvel, 2011) • Venom Vol. 2 #13.2 (Marvel, 2012) • Soulfire: Shadow Magic Volume 1 (Aspen Comics, 2013) • Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6, part 2 (Marvel, 2016) • Monstress (Image Comics, 2015-present) • The Night Eaters (Abrams, 2022-2025)

Sana Takeda is recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded as illustrator, penciller and artist.