COMIC ARTIST

Leiji Matsumoto

1938 - Today

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Leiji Matsumoto (松本零士, Matsumoto Reiji, born Akira Matsumoto 松本晟), (born January 25, 1938 in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese mangaka, creator of several anime and manga series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leiji Matsumoto has received more than 452,831 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Leiji Matsumoto is the 22nd most popular comic artist (up from 23rd in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Japan (down from 284th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

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  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 22 out of 174. Before him are Zdeněk Miler, Steve Ditko, Tsugumi Ohba, Rumiko Takahashi, Georges Wolinski, and Alan Moore. After him are Will Eisner, Quino, Milo Manara, André Franquin, Don Rosa, and Go Nagai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 84. Before him are Jerzy Skolimowski, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Takehiko Kawanishi, Oscar Robertson, Ian Stewart, and Fela Kuti. After him are Ricardo Lagos, Klaus Schwab, Juliet Anderson, Radivoj Korać, David Baltimore, and Carlos Bilardo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 288 out of 5,560. Before him are Hideo Kojima (1963), Emperor Ingyō (376), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Minoru Genda (1904), Yukio Hatoyama (1947), and Ko Arima (1917). After him are Tameo Ide (1908), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), and Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Leiji Matsumoto ranks 5. Before him are Osamu Tezuka (1928), Akira Toriyama (1955), Tsugumi Ohba (1950), and Rumiko Takahashi (1957). After him are Go Nagai (1945), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Monkey Punch (1937), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), and Katsuhiro Otomo (1954).

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