Takahashi began his career as a manga artist as a youngster in 1982. Tokio no taka (Dou Hui Wang noYing, Fighting Hawk), his debut book, was released in 1990. Tennenshoku Danji Buray (Tian Ran Se Nan Er BURAY), one of his first works, was released in two volumes from 1991 to 1992. In the meantime, he also started working on Dramatic Tensei (Gekiga) series which was published between 1989 and 1995. These days, he is best known for his Gintama comic books and anime adaptation. His early work focused on fighting games and drama but later on he moved onto comedy manga such as Gintama, which has become one of Japan's most popular comics.