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Masamune Shirow

1961 - Today

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Masanori Ota (太田正典, Ōta Masanori, born November 23, 1961), better known by his pen name Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗, Shirō Masamune), is a Japanese manga artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masamune Shirow has received more than 946,750 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Masamune Shirow is the 92nd most popular comic artist (up from 93rd in 2019), the 1,018th most popular biography from Japan (down from 999th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Masamune Shirow ranks 92 out of 174. Before him are Lee Falk, Hermann Huppen, Juan Giménez, Joe Simon, Jijé, and Jim Davis. After him are Marco Rota, Hiro Mashima, Quentin Blake, Willy Vandersteen, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, and Hal Foster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Masamune Shirow ranks 158. Before him are Brendan Eich, Elias Koteas, Thomas Schaaf, Aaron Sorkin, Christopher Atkins, and Alemão. After him are Katherine Kelly Lang, Kōichi Yamadera, Peter Machajdík, Roland Orzabal, Riad al-Asaad, and Anthony Wong.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masamune Shirow ranks 1,018 out of 6,048. Before him are Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Shunryū Suzuki (1904), Satoru Nakajima (1953), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Makino Nobuaki (1861), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859). After him are Kōichi Yamadera (1961), Kiichiro Higuchi (1888), Ryuichi Sugiyama (1941), Noriko Ohara (1935), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), and Hidetoki Takahashi (1916).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Masamune Shirow ranks 33. Before him are Yoshito Usui (1958), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), and Sanpei Shirato (1932). After him are Hiro Mashima (1977), Hajime Isayama (1986), Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), and Moto Hagio (1949).

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