Novala Takemoto

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Novala Takemoto (嶽本野ばら, Takemoto Nobara^?, born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese author and fashion designer. He was born in Uji, near Kyoto. His name is translatable as "The Wild Rose." In 2003 and 2004 he was nominated for the Mishima Literary Award. He designs a line of clothing featuring his own logo for Baby, The Stars Shine Bright and is consistently featured in the magazine Gothic & Lolita Bible. Known as the "Lolita Bard," he has done a lot to promote the Gothic Lolita lifestyle. 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 quite a fascination with the Rococo era, and sometimes claims to have been born in the year 1745. It is said that he is a heterosexual man with the charisma of a young maiden.

He received wide recognition for his collection of essays entitled Soleilnuit: For Becoming a Proper Young Lady, which were originally published in a Kansai free arts newspaper.

Novala 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.