Sana Takeda

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. In 2006-2008 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.

Interior art

• 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, 2015-2022^[update])
• The Night Eaters (Abrams, 2022)