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COMIC ARTIST

Nobuhiro Watsuki

1970 - Today

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Nobuhiro Nishiwaki (Japanese: 西脇 伸宏, Hepburn: Nishiwaki Nobuhiro, born May 26, 1970), better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki (和月 伸宏, Watsuki Nobuhiro), is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai-themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (1994–1999), which has over 70 million copies in circulation and a sequel he is currently creating titled Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc (2017–present). He has written three more series, the western Gun Blaze West (2001), the supernatural Buso Renkin (2003–2005), and the horror manga Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein- (2007–2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nobuhiro Watsuki has received more than 1,322,190 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nobuhiro Watsuki is the 107th most popular comic artist (down from 102nd in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,069th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Nobuhiro Watsuki ranks 107 out of 174. Before him are Roy Thomas, John Romita Sr., Hajime Isayama, Tsukasa Hojo, Claire Bretécher, and Jean Tabary. After him are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Moto Hagio, David Lloyd, Floyd Gottfredson, Masakazu Katsura, and Tite Kubo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Nobuhiro Watsuki ranks 118. Before him are Adi Hütter, Hunter Biden, Takanori Nishikawa, Tina Fey, Teemu Selänne, and Cha Seung-won. After him are Chris Jericho, Essie Davis, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Masahiro Sakurai, Gabrielle Anwar, and Kevin Sussman.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuhiro Watsuki ranks 1,120 out of 6,048. Before him are Mitsuo Kato (1953), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Aguri Suzuki (1960), Hashimoto Gahō (1835), and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902). After him are Yuko Shimizu (1946), Toshimitsu Motegi (1955), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Tura Satana (1938), and Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Nobuhiro Watsuki ranks 37. Before him are Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Sanpei Shirato (1932), Masamune Shirow (1961), Hiro Mashima (1977), Hajime Isayama (1986), and Tsukasa Hojo (1959). After him are Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), Moto Hagio (1949), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Tite Kubo (1977), Yukito Kishiro (1967), and Ken Akamatsu (1968).

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