Kazuki Takahashi

Diving instructor Major Robert Bourgeau was at Mermaid's Grotto in Onna with several students when the group spotted three people caught in a riptide. Bourgeau ...

At some point, Takahashi attempted to aid in the rescue by donning snorkeling gear. The third man managed to make it back to shore with some direction from Bourgeau and his students. Bourgeau told Stars and Stripes that he first spotted a mother calling for help for her daughter, as well as another US soldier caught up in the whirlpool. Diving instructor Major Robert Bourgeau was at Mermaid's Grotto in Onna with several students when the group spotted three people caught in a riptide. [Yu-Gi-Oh!](https://www.thegamer.com/tag/yu-gi-oh/), died in early July. [Initial reports](https://www.thegamer.com/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-death/) said his body had been found off the coast of Nago City in Okinawa wearing snorkeling gear including a mask and fins.

Kazuki Takahashi is being remembered as a "hero" after dying while reportedly trying to help rescue a U.S. soldier, an 11-year-old girl and her mother from ...

Takahashi, whose real name was Kazuo, started his career as a manga artist, according to The New York Times. Instead, one of Bourgeau's students spotted him coming in and out of the current until he was pulled away completely. The car was found by employees 12 kilometers (roughly 7.5 miles) from where Takahashi was recovered. "He died trying to save someone else." Along the way, he came across her mother, who by that time had also been pulled into the dangerous waters. Sources also told NHK that Takahashi took out a car rental for roughly three weeks. A spokesman for the Japan Coast Guard added that Takahashi's body was recovered 1,000 feet away from the shore of Awa, Nago. They were roughly 100 yards from shore at the time as the six-foot waves hit them. [floating in the water](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/okinawa/20220707/5090019050.html), Japanese outlet NHK reported. Bourgeau said he was able to bring the mother and daughter to safety; however, he was not able to help the soldier while in the water. soldier, an 11-year-old girl and her mother from a current at a dive spot in Japan. First responders arrived on the scene and declared that individual dead.

Kazuki Takahashi, who created the popular manga "Yu-Gi-Oh", tragically died in July at age 60 when his body was discovered floating off the coast of Naga ...

While Bourgeau never saw Takahashi get into the water, his students confirmed they saw glimpses of him trying to help before vanishing beneath the waves. soldier, who were caught in a whirlpool about 100 yards from shore. [Stars and Stripes](https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-11/okinawa-riptide-rescue-yu-gi-oh-7646714.html), Maj.

"Yu-Gi-Oh!" creator Kazuki Takahashi died in an attempt to save a woman, child and soldier caught in a rip current on July 4.

The medal recognizes acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy. The anime and manga creator’s body was discovered two days after the rescue — seen floating off the coast of Okinawa by a person running a marine leisure business, according to an official at the Naha Coast Guard Nago station. [Stars and Stripes ](https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-11/okinawa-riptide-rescue-yu-gi-oh-7646714.html)show that Takahashi was aiding in the rescue of an 11-year-old girl, her mother and a soldier caught in a current at Mermaid’s Grotto in Okinawa, Japan.

When three snorkelers got caught in a rip current on July 4, Takahashi jumped in to aid the rescue efforts of U.S. soldiers on the scene.

Army, it’s now clear that Takahashi was attempting to aid in rescue efforts initiated by U.S. When Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that Takahashi’s body was found by the Coast Guard on July 6, the details made it look like a snorkeling accident. Thanks to newly released first-person reports shared by the U.S.

'Yu-Gi-Oh!' creator and manga artist Kazuki Takahashi died in July, and months later, we now know what why he tried to swim in a dangerous current.

The reporting said that those watching the events unfold only “caught glimpses of him until he disappeared beneath the waves.” These waves created a whirlpool which began sucking the swimmers in, and ultimately claimed Kazuki's life. That's why many fans were so saddened by the news that Kazuki had died in July. Robert, who is a trained scuba diver, was able to get both civilians to shore, and then guided his fellow soldier back as well. At the time, police reported that Kazuki had drowned, but no further details were given. Now, a recent report has clarified that the manga artist displayed great bravery in the moments before his death.