COMIC ARTIST

Leiji Matsumoto

1938 - 2023

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Leiji Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本零士, Hepburn: Matsumoto Reiji, born Akira Matsumoto (松本晟); January 25, 1938 – February 13, 2023) was a Japanese manga artist, and creator of several anime and manga series. His widow Miyako Maki is also a manga artist. Matsumoto was famous for his space operas such as Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leiji Matsumoto has received more than 854,139 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Leiji Matsumoto is the 16th most popular comic artist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Japan (up from 279th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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  • 61.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 16 out of 226. Before him are Jean Giraud, Hugo Pratt, Morris, Matt Groening, Jack Kirby, and Zdeněk Miler. After him are Tsugumi Ohba, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Rumiko Takahashi, Bob Kane, Eiichiro Oda, and Milo Manara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 66. Before him are István Szabó, Dean Reed, Bounnhang Vorachith, Ed Lauter, Jerry West, and Jerzy Skolimowski. After him are Wim Kok, Mamadou Tandja, Carlos Bilardo, Tomas Lindahl, Ivan Sutherland, and Derek Jacobi. Among people deceased in 2023, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 78. Before him are Roger Whittaker, Piper Laurie, Albert Azaryan, Charlie Munger, Amancio Amaro, and Ivan Silayev. After him are Boniface Alexandre, Hans Modrow, Robert Lucas Jr., Marisa Pavan, Carla Bley, and Gaston Glock.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 207 out of 6,245. Before him are Empress Genshō (680), Leo Esaki (1925), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), Emperor Buretsu (489), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Emperor Richū (336). After him are Yozo Aoki (1929), Terauchi Masatake (1852), Issei Sagawa (1949), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), and Kantarō Suzuki (1868).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 3. Before him are Osamu Tezuka (1928), and Akira Toriyama (1955). After him are Tsugumi Ohba (1950), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Kentaro Miura (1966), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Go Nagai (1945), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Hirohiko Araki (1960), and Katsuhiro Otomo (1954).

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