1977 - Today
Hiro Mashima (真島 ヒロ, Mashima Hiro, born May 3, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist. He gained success with his first serial Rave Master, published in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 to 2005. His best-selling work, Fairy Tail, published in the same magazine from 2006 to 2017, became one of the best-selling manga series with over 72 million copies in print. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiro Mashima has received more than 1,300,667 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiro Mashima is the 94th most popular comic artist (up from 100th in 2019), the 1,028th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,046th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Hiro Mashima ranks 94 out of 174. Before him are Juan Giménez, Joe Simon, Jijé, Jim Davis, Masamune Shirow, and Marco Rota. After him are Quentin Blake, Willy Vandersteen, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Hal Foster, Jacques Martin, and Greg.
1943 - 2020
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 88
1913 - 2011
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 89
1914 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 90
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 91
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 92
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 93
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 94
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 95
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 96
1936 - 2023
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 97
1892 - 1982
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 98
1921 - 2010
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 99
1931 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 100
Among people born in 1977, Hiro Mashima ranks 66. Before him are Hakan Yakin, Maniche, Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, Peter Phillips, Hayko, and Christian Abbiati. After him are Takuma Sato, Marek Jankulovski, Manu Ginóbili, Ji Sung, Massimo Ambrosini, and Sofi Oksanen.
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 60
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 61
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 62
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 63
1977 - 2021
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 64
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 65
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 66
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 67
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 68
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 69
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 70
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 71
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 72
Among people born in Japan, Hiro Mashima ranks 1,028 out of 6,048. Before him are Noriko Ohara (1935), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), Hidetoki Takahashi (1916), Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), Uemura Shōen (1875), and Yoshitomo Nara (1959). After him are Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Kinue Hitomi (1907), Yukio Kasaya (1943), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), and Shinobu Ishihara (1879).
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 1,022
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 1,023
1916 - 2000
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1,024
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 1,025
1875 - 1949
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 1,026
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 1,027
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 1,028
1664 - 1729
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 1,029
1907 - 1931
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 1,030
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 1,031
1838 - 1897
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 1,032
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,033
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,034
Among comic artists born in Japan, Hiro Mashima ranks 34. Before him are Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Sanpei Shirato (1932), and Masamune Shirow (1961). After him are Hajime Isayama (1986), Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Moto Hagio (1949), and Masakazu Katsura (1962).
1934 - 2004
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 28
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 29
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 30
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 31
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 32
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 33
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 35
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 36
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 37
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 38
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 39
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 40