1973 - Today
Hiromu Arakawa (荒川 弘, Arakawa Hiromu, born May 8, 1973) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the manga series Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–2010), which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was adapted into two anime television series. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiromu Arakawa has received more than 1,648,018 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hiromu Arakawa is the 78th most popular comic artist (up from 84th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from Japan (up from 951st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Hiromu Arakawa ranks 78 out of 174. Before her are Takehiko Inoue, Kazuo Koike, Yoshito Usui, Al Taliaferro, Fujio Akatsuka, and Mitsuteru Yokoyama. After her are Tetsuya Chiba, Jacques Tardi, Jean-Michel Charlier, Kazuki Takahashi, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, and Tignous.
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 72
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 73
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 74
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 75
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 76
1934 - 2004
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 77
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 78
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 79
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 80
1924 - 1989
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 81
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 82
1919 - 1978
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 83
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 84
Among people born in 1973, Hiromu Arakawa ranks 79. Before her are Christian Panucci, Holly Marie Combs, Pharrell Williams, Fatih Akin, Hande Yener, and Brian Austin Green. After her are Corey Taylor, Ioan Gruffudd, Sasha Alexander, Luis Lacalle Pou, Jan Ullrich, and Tim Kang.
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 73
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 74
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 75
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 76
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 77
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 78
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 79
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 80
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 81
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 82
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 83
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 84
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 85
Among people born in Japan, Hiromu Arakawa ranks 911 out of 6,048. Before her are Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Kazuhisa Kono (1950), and Tarō Okamoto (1911). After her are Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), Ennin (793), Akira Matsunaga (1948), and Minoru Kobata (1946).
1924 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 905
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 906
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 907
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 908
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 909
1911 - 1996
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 910
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 911
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 912
1940 - 2000
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 913
1940 - 2022
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 914
793 - 864
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 915
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 916
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 917
Among comic artists born in Japan, Hiromu Arakawa ranks 29. Before her are Chica Umino (null), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Kazuo Koike (1936), Yoshito Usui (1958), and Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934). After her are Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Sanpei Shirato (1932), Masamune Shirow (1961), Hiro Mashima (1977), and Hajime Isayama (1986).
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 24
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 25
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 26
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 27
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