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is a Japanese author and fashion designer. His real name is .〔("'Otome no karisuma' Takemoto Nobara yōgisha, taima shoji de taiho." ''Asahi Shimbun''. September 4, 2007. )〕 His pen name is translatable as "The Wild Rose." Known as the "Lolitas' Bard", 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 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, robots, science fiction, taxidermy, dolls, and Philip Glass. He also has a fascination with the Rococo era, and sometimes claims to have been born in the year 1745. ==Biography== 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 () liked".〔(Kondo, Miyuki. "Do your own thing: 'Lolita' novelist touches lonely hearts." ''Asahi Shimbun''. July 24, 2004. )〕 He was also sometimes beaten by his father, which he says persuaded him to follow his own path in life.〔(McNeill, David. "Lolitas' Bard is Sitting Pretty." ''The Japan Times Online''. Sunday, November 21, 2004. )〕 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 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).〔 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.〔(Shoji, Kaori. "Refuge in the little shop of solace." ''The Japan Times Online''. Wednesday, November 28, 2001. )〕 The following biography has been translated from Takemoto's official website, NOVALA BOX.
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