Tatsuhiko Takimoto
 Tatsuhiko Takimoto (滝本 竜彦 Takimoto Tatsuhiko born September 20 1978) is a Japanese author best known for his novel Welcome to the N.H.K.Welcome to the N.H.K. began as a single novel by Takimoto with a cover illustratation by Yoshitoshi ABe which was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28 2002. The story was later adapted as a manga series also written by Takimoto with art by Kendi Oiwa.