COMIC ARTIST

Mitsuteru Yokoyama

1934 - 2004

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Mitsuteru Yokoyama (横山 光輝, Yokoyama Mitsuteru, June 18, 1934 – April 15, 2004) was a Japanese manga artist. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of manga and anime, his works have had a significant impact in the creation and establishment of many genres. These include: mecha (Tetsujin 28-go), magical girl (Sally the Witch), battle manga (Babel II), ninja (Iga no Kagemaru), and literary adaptations (Sangokushi). Some of his other works include Giant Robo, Kamen no Ninja Akakage, Princess Comet, and an adaptation of the Chinese classic Water Margin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mitsuteru Yokoyama has received more than 194,672 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mitsuteru Yokoyama is the 76th most popular comic artist, the 968th most popular biography from Japan (down from 899th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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  • 190k

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 76 out of 226. Before him are Takeshi Obata, Tignous, Jim Davis, Richard F. Outcault, Kazuki Takahashi, and Francisco Ibáñez Talavera. After him are Kazuo Koike, Hiromu Arakawa, Machiko Hasegawa, Jean Van Hamme, Al Taliaferro, and Chica Umino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 236. Before him are Ian Richardson, Gyoji Matsumoto, Frank País, Sven Wollter, Paco Ibáñez, and Russ Tamblyn. After him are Mahbub ul Haq, Michael Graves, Ružica Sokić, Shirley Horn, Francesco Monterisi, and Stefan Abadzhiev. Among people deceased in 2004, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 146. Before him are Piero Piccioni, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Kalevi Sorsa, Carmen Laforet, Christer Pettersson, and Rogelio Domínguez. After him are Ivan Hlinka, Ryszard Kukliński, Carlo Rustichelli, Bryce DeWitt, Augusto da Costa, and Xenophon Zolotas.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 968 out of 6,245. Before him are Kafū Nagai (1879), Yukio Endo (1937), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Shiro Misaki (null), Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954), and Kenzo Yokoyama (1943). After him are Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Sayako Kuroda (1969), Hiroshi Ninomiya (1937), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Ennin (793), and Kazuo Koike (1936).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 25. Before him are Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Masami Kurumada (1953), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Yoshito Usui (1958), Takeshi Obata (1969), and Kazuki Takahashi (1961). After him are Kazuo Koike (1936), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Chica Umino (null), Moto Hagio (1949), and Tetsuya Chiba (1939).

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