COMIC ARTIST

Nisio Isin

1981 - Today

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Nisio Isin (Japanese: 西尾 維新, Hepburn: Nishio Ishin, born 1981), often stylized as NISIOISIN to emphasize the palindrome, is a pseudonymous Japanese novelist, manga author, and screenplay writer. Nisio debuted in 2002 with the novel The Beheading Cycle (the first in his Zaregoto series), which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Prize at twenty years of age. In 2005, he began his long-running Monogatari novel series, which was published in 29 volumes as of 2023, and was later adapted as a highly-successful animated series of the same name, produced by Shaft. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nisio Isin has received more than 903,747 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nisio Isin is the 192nd most popular comic artist (down from 168th in 2019), the 1,949th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,624th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

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  • 47.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Nisio Isin ranks 192 out of 226. Before him are Gary Larson, Koyoharu Gotouge, Natsuki Takaya, Walt Kelly, Kevin Eastman, and Joann Sfar. After him are Mark Millar, Ronald Searle, Bruce Timm, Nina Paley, Shaun Tan, and Nakaba Suzuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nisio Isin ranks 329. Before him are Søren Larsen, Rubén Castro, Lee Sang-yoon, Siarhei Rutenka, Bethany Joy Lenz, and Stephan Andersen. After him are Mia Hansen-Løve, Moumouni Dagano, Robert de Pinho de Souza, Abigail Spencer, Cédric Carrasso, and Jasmine Trinca.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nisio Isin ranks 1,949 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasuharu Sorimachi (1964), Yoko Taro (1970), Kazuto Sakata (1966), Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), Motohiro Yamaguchi (1969), and Angela Aki (1977). After him are Yoshiharu Habu (1970), Naoto Satō (1953), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Prince Hisahito of Akishino (2006), Ayana Taketatsu (1989), and Nobuhiro Ishizaki (1958).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Nisio Isin ranks 70. Before him are Kōhei Horikoshi (1986), Katsura Hoshino (1980), Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), Arina Tanemura (1978), Koyoharu Gotouge (1989), and Natsuki Takaya (1973). After him are Nakaba Suzuki (1977), Kentaro Yabuki (1980), Bisco Hatori (1975), Yuki Urushibara (1974), Yoshitoki Ōima (1989), and Matsuri Hino (2000).

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