He cites artists such as Shinji Wada, Fumio Hisamatsu, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Mitsuteru Yokoyama as his influences.
[1] His professional manga debut, Yumemiru July Cat (夢みる7月猫, Yumemiru Juraikyatto) (using the pen name Izumi Takemoto), appeared in the August 1981 issue of Nakayoshi,[1] though it wasn't published in book form until 2003.
In an interview with BookScan, Takemoto cited artists such as Shinji Wada, Fumio Hisamatsu, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Mitsuteru Yokoyama as his influences.
Yomikiri Mono no... (よみきりものの...) (2006–2009) was nominated in 2010, followed by Akaneko no Akuma (あかねこの悪魔) (2009–2013) in 2014, and Natsu ni Sekiran'un made (夏に積乱雲まで) (2015–2016) in 2017.
Takemoto has been nominated seven times for the Seiun Award in the Best Comic category but didn't win.