1937 - 2019
Kazuhiko Katō (Japanese: 加藤一彦, Hepburn: Katō Kazuhiko, May 26, 1937 – April 11, 2019), known by the pen name Monkey Punch (モンキー・パンチ, Monkī Panchi), was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series Lupin III. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Monkey Punch has received more than 519,350 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Monkey Punch is the 48th most popular comic artist (down from 37th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 545th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Monkey Punch ranks 48 out of 174. Before him are Shotaro Ishinomori, Gosho Aoyama, Shigeru Mizuki, Naoki Urasawa, Guillermo Mordillo, and Caran d'Ache. After him are Charles M. Schulz, Enki Bilal, Frank Miller, Émile Cohl, Jerry Siegel, and Naoko Takeuchi.
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 42
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 43
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 44
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 45
1932 - 2019
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 46
1858 - 1909
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 47
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 48
1922 - 2000
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 49
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 50
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 51
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 52
1914 - 1996
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 53
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1937, Monkey Punch ranks 121. Before him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Emerich Jenei, Tom Courtenay, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Edward Fox, and Aleksandr Medved. After him are Valentin Bondarenko, Bella Akhmadulina, Eugen Doga, Amos Tversky, Carmen Pereira, and Jovan Divjak. Among people deceased in 2019, Monkey Punch ranks 111. Before him are Moshe Arens, Guillermo Mordillo, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Dawda Jawara, Georgiy Daneliya, and Branko Lustig. After him are Gershon Kingsley, Yukiya Amano, Klaus Kinkel, Sue Lyon, Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, and Rip Torn.
1937 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 115
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 116
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 117
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 118
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 119
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 120
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 121
1937 - 1961
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 122
1937 - 2010
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 123
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 124
1937 - 1996
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 125
1937 - 2016
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 126
1937 - 2021
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 127
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 105
1932 - 2019
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 106
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 107
1924 - 2019
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 108
1930 - 2019
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 109
1932 - 2019
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 110
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 111
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 112
1947 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 113
1936 - 2019
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 114
1946 - 2019
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 115
1929 - 2019
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 116
1931 - 2019
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 117
Among people born in Japan, Monkey Punch ranks 552 out of 6,048. Before him are Masao Ono (1923), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Gunichi Mikawa (1888), Shigeo Sugimoto (1926), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), and Tokugawa Ienobu (1662). After him are Muryeong of Baekje (462), Tokugawa Ienari (1773), Shogo Kamo (1915), Yukio Goto (null), Hōjō Sōun (1432), and Yukiya Amano (1947).
1923 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 546
1886 - 1973
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 547
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 548
1926 - 2002
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 549
1867 - 1952
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 550
1662 - 1712
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 551
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 552
462 - 523
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 553
1773 - 1841
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 554
1915 - 1977
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 555
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 556
1432 - 1519
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 557
1947 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 558
Among comic artists born in Japan, Monkey Punch ranks 17. Before him are Kentaro Miura (1966), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), and Naoki Urasawa (1960). After him are Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Takeshi Obata (1969), Masami Kurumada (1953), Mitsuru Adachi (1951), and Chica Umino (null).
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 12
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 13
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 14
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