1953 - Today
Masami Kurumada (車田 正美, Kurumada Masami, born December 6, 1953) is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and magical boys. He is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions or Kurumadapro for short. He achieved fame as the creator of popular manga, such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya and B't X. The male characters in his works often display very masculine qualities and traits, and display courage through sacrifice, selflessness and true heroism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masami Kurumada has received more than 301,264 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Masami Kurumada is the 62nd most popular comic artist (down from 56th in 2019), the 771st most popular biography from Japan (down from 756th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Masami Kurumada ranks 62 out of 174. Before him are Joe Shuster, Charles Addams, E. C. Segar, Art Spiegelman, Takeshi Obata, and Guido Crepax. After him are Mitsuru Adachi, Chica Umino, Machiko Hasegawa, Marjane Satrapi, Benoît Sokal, and Richard F. Outcault.
1914 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 56
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 57
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 58
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 59
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 60
1933 - 2003
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 61
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 62
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 63
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 64
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 65
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 66
1954 - 2021
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 67
1863 - 1928
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1953, Masami Kurumada ranks 118. Before him are Massimo Troisi, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Chaka Khan, Steve Bannon, Teresa Orlowski, and Wim Mertens. After him are William Petersen, Tito Jackson, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Stephen Paddock, Sophie Calle, and Yolande Moreau.
1953 - 1994
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 112
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 113
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 114
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 115
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 116
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 117
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 118
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 119
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 120
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 121
1953 - 2017
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 122
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 123
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 124
Among people born in Japan, Masami Kurumada ranks 771 out of 6,048. Before him are Shintaro Abe (1924), Takashi Ono (1931), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Takeshi Obata (1969), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), and Prince Morikuni (1301). After him are Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Ikki Kita (1883), Sachi Kagawa (null), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), and Eiko Ishioka (1938).
1924 - 1991
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 765
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 766
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 767
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 768
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 769
1301 - 1333
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 770
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 771
1882 - 1952
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 772
1883 - 1937
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 773
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 774
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 775
1837 - 1891
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 776
1938 - 2012
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 777
Among comic artists born in Japan, Masami Kurumada ranks 21. Before him are Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), and Takeshi Obata (1969). After him are Mitsuru Adachi (1951), Chica Umino (null), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Kazuo Koike (1936), and Yoshito Usui (1958).
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 15
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 16
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 17
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 18
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 19
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 22
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 24
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 25
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 26
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 27