COMIC ARTIST

Ken Sugimori

1966 - Today

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Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建, Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori is also credited with the art direction for other titles, including Pulseman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Sugimori has received more than 1,048,268 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ken Sugimori is the 126th most popular comic artist, the 1,386th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,279th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Ken Sugimori ranks 126 out of 226. Before him are Roy Thomas, Larry Lieber, Rudolph Dirks, Ken Akamatsu, François Bourgeon, and Iginio Straffi. After him are Ōten Shimokawa, Raymond Briggs, Momoko Sakura, Tsutomu Nihei, Joe Simon, and Jamie Hewlett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Ken Sugimori ranks 250. Before him are Sonexay Siphandone, Vladimir Voevodsky, Derek Sherinian, Biréli Lagrène, Laurent Lafforgue, and Peaches. After him are Tom McCarthy, Marin Hinkle, Aminatou Haidar, Oh Eun-sun, Niccolò Ammaniti, and C. Thomas Howell.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Sugimori ranks 1,386 out of 6,245. Before him are Romi Park (1972), Yuzuru Hanyu (1994), Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Seiji Honda (1976), Nobuo Kishi (1959), and Yoshinori Ishigami (1957). After him are Daijiro Kato (1976), Toshimitsu Motegi (1955), Koichi Wakata (1963), Ryōko Hirosue (1980), Tamotsu Suzuki (1947), and Shidzue Katō (1897).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Ken Sugimori ranks 45. Before him are Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Tite Kubo (1977), and Ken Akamatsu (1968). After him are Ōten Shimokawa (1892), Momoko Sakura (1965), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), Kouta Hirano (1973), Yukito Kishiro (1967), and Inio Asano (1980).

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