1938 - Today
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 398,764 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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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.
1921 - 2011
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 16
1927 - 2018
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 17
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 18
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 19
1934 - 2015
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 21
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 22
1917 - 2005
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 23
1932 - 2020
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 25
1924 - 1997
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 26
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 27
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 28
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.
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 78
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 79
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 80
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 81
1938 - 1985
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 82
1938 - 1997
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 83
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 84
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 85
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 86
1938 - 2010
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 87
1938 - 1969
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 88
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 89
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 90
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).
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 282
376 - 453
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 283
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 284
1904 - 1989
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 285
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 286
1917 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 287
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 288
1908 - 1998
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 289
1401 - 1428
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 290
1420 - 1506
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 291
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 292
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 293
1838 - 1922
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 294
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).
1928 - 1989
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 2
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 6
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 8
1937 - 2019
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 9
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 10
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 12