Takaya was contributing to Ochazukenori's doujinshi anthology Pen Touch. The work of Ochazukenori was an inspiration to him: "The kind of stories that Nori was drawing weren't what you'd call 'popular.' Our fanzine was the only place where he could create his own ideal manga."[1]
His most successful series Guyver has been adapted into multiple anime features as well as live-action films. Guyver was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Captain (published by Tokuma Shoten) for the lifetime of the magazine from February 18, 1985, to 1997. When Captain was cancelled, the manga moved to Shōnen Ace, published by Kadokawa Shoten, who also reprinted the collected volumes from the beginning. There are 32 tankōbon available.
Kokoro no Yami ni Ai no Uzu (心の闇に愛の渦), in Lemon People, July 1986
As Yoshiki Takaya
Kyōshoku Sōkō Guyver (強殖装甲ガイバー), in Shōnen Captain, 1985-02-18 to February 1997, resumed in Shōnen Ace
Citations
^Ledoux, Trish (1997). Anime interviews : the first five years of Animerica, anime & Manga monthly (1992-97). Cadence Books. p. 62. ISBN1-56931-220-6. OCLC38160911.