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COMIC ARTIST

Masami Kurumada

1953 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Masami Kurumada ranks 62 out of 174Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Masami Kurumada ranks 118Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masami Kurumada ranks 771 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Masami Kurumada ranks 21Before 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).