COMIC ARTIST

Hiroyuki Takei

1972 - Today

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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 315,684 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hiroyuki Takei is the 169th most popular comic artist (down from 133rd in 2019), the 1,673rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,338th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hiroyuki Takeis by language

Over the past year Hiroyuki Takei has had the most page views in the with 86,885 views, followed by English (39,017), and Chinese (9,260). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (317.07%), Egyptian Arabic (171.55%), and Japanese (57.74%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 169 out of 226Before him are David Beauchard, Len Wein, Jim Starlin, Oh! great, Marv Wolfman, and Alison Bechdel. After him are John Byrne, Harvey Pekar, Bill Watterson, Scott Adams, Kōsuke Fujishima, and One.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 329Before him are Jaromír Blažek, Jennifer Taylor, Tami Stronach, Capone, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, and Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni. After him are Angham, Sargis Hovsepyan, A-Mei, Matt Schulze, Jani Soininen, and Reiko Aylesworth.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 1,673 out of 6,245Before him are Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946), Takashi Sorimachi (1973), Sugizo (1969), Kyoko Kuroda (1969), Hiroshi Sowa (1956), and Reiko Yoshida (1967). After him are Masami Kuwashima (1950), Hideki Matsui (1974), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Riyo Mori (1986), Chris Horner (1971), and Kazuro Watanabe (1955).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Hiroyuki Takei ranks 62Before him are Norihiro Yagi (1968), Seishi Kishimoto (1974), Yuu Watase (1970), Makoto Yukimura (1976), Moyoco Anno (1971), and Oh! great (1972). After him are One (1986), Kōhei Horikoshi (1986), Katsura Hoshino (1980), Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), Arina Tanemura (1978), and Koyoharu Gotouge (1989).