1972 - Today
Hiroyuki Takei (武井 宏之, Takei Hiroyuki, born May 15, 1972 in Yomogita, Aomori Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the multicultural hit, Shaman King. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroyuki Takei has received more than 319,406 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hiroyuki Takei is the 134th most popular comic artist (up from 136th in 2019), the 1,341st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,389th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 134 out of 174. Before him are Mauri Kunnas, François Bourgeon, Tsutomu Nihei, John Buscema, George Herriman, and Seishi Kishimoto. After him are R. K. Laxman, Moyoco Anno, Kouta Hirano, Tooru Fujisawa, Raymond Briggs, and Harvey Kurtzman.
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 128
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 129
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 130
1927 - 2002
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 131
1880 - 1944
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 132
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 133
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 134
1921 - 2015
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 135
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 136
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 137
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 138
1934 - 2022
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 139
1924 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 140
Among people born in 1972, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 222. Before him are Common, Werner Schlager, Craig Jones, Mathias Énard, Mark Hoppus, and Kerr Smith. After him are Mili Avital, Alexei Shirov, Andrey Melnichenko, Nikolai Lugansky, Maya Rudolph, and Devin Townsend.
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 216
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 217
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 218
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 219
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 220
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 221
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 222
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 223
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 224
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 225
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 226
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 227
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 228
Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 1,341 out of 6,048. Before him are Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Ryue Nishizawa (1966), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Seishi Kishimoto (1974), and Shiho Kaneda (1965). After him are Rie Kugimiya (1979), Chieko Homma (1964), Kimiko Shiratori (1968), Yūki Kaji (1985), Nanako Matsushima (1973), and Kenji Goto (1967).
1950 - 2002
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 1,335
1934 - 2013
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 1,336
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 1,337
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 1,338
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 1,339
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 1,340
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 1,341
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 1,342
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 1,343
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 1,344
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 1,345
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 1,346
1967 - 2015
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 1,347
Among comic artists born in Japan, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 48. Before him are Yukito Kishiro (1967), Ken Akamatsu (1968), Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Ken Sugimori (1966), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), and Seishi Kishimoto (1974). After him are Moyoco Anno (1971), Kouta Hirano (1973), Tooru Fujisawa (1967), Inio Asano (1980), Lynn Okamoto (1970), and Momoko Sakura (1965).
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 42
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 44
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 45
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 46
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 47
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 48
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 49
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 50
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 51
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 52
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 53
1965 - 2018
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 54