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Junji Ito

1963 - Today

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Junji Ito (Japanese: 伊藤 潤二, Hepburn: Itō Junji, born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called "the death stench." His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats. Ito's work has developed a substantial cult following, and Ito has been called an iconic horror manga artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junji Ito has received more than 4,849,084 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Junji Ito is the 1,948th most popular writer (up from 2,778th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 806th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 25

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  • 5.73

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  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Junji Ito ranks 1,948 out of 5,755. Before him are Ramón Sampedro, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Jean d'Ormesson, Aphrahat, Lina Kostenko, and Elif Shafak. After him are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Alfred Bester, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Countess of Ségur, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, and Piotr Skarga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Junji Ito ranks 77. Before him are Luis Arce, William Baldwin, Rob Schneider, Jason Newsted, Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Vladimir Petković. After him are Roberto Donadoni, David Yates, Hakeem Olajuwon, Mikkey Dee, Kai Hansen, and Coolio.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Junji Ito ranks 583 out of 6,048. Before him are Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Ken Kutaragi (1950), Daidō Moriyama (1938), Tadahiko Ueda (1947), Usaburo Hidaka (null), and Kenwa Mabuni (1889). After him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1902), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Masao Uchino (1934), and Emperor Ichijō (980).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Junji Ito ranks 38. Before him are Ryū Murakami (1952), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), and Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931). After him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), and Saigyō (1118).

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