1922 - 2015
Shigeru Mura (Japanese: 武良 茂, Hepburn: Mura Shigeru, March 8, 1922 – November 30, 2015), also known as Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, Mizuki Shigeru), was a Japanese manga artist and historian. He was known for his yōkai manga such as GeGeGe no Kitarō and Akuma-kun, as well as for his war stories based on his own war manga such as Shōwa-shi. He was born in Osaka, grew up in Sakaiminato, Tottori, then moved to Chōfu, Tokyo, where he remained until his death. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shigeru Mizuki has received more than 515,436 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Shigeru Mizuki is the 44th most popular comic artist (up from 45th in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 619th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 44 out of 174. Before him are Bill Finger, Kentaro Miura, Yoshihiro Togashi, Philippe Honoré, Shotaro Ishinomori, and Gosho Aoyama. After him are Naoki Urasawa, Guillermo Mordillo, Caran d'Ache, Monkey Punch, Charles M. Schulz, and Enki Bilal.
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 38
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 39
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 40
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 41
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
Among people born in 1922, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 122. Before him are Bea Arthur, Juan Antonio Bardem, Taro Kagawa, Patrick Macnee, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, and Jonas Mekas. After him are Pierre Hadot, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Dana Zátopková, Gershon Kingsley, Leo Tindemans, and Manuel Fraga. Among people deceased in 2015, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 98. Before him are Philippe Honoré, André Brink, Kenzo Ohashi, John Guillermin, Patrick Macnee, and Satoru Iwata. After him are Ieng Thirith, Percy Sledge, Magali Noël, Tadahiko Ueda, Jaakko Hintikka, and Adrian Frutiger.
1922 - 2009
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 116
1922 - 2002
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 117
1922 - 1990
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 118
1922 - 2015
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 119
1922 - 2007
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 120
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 121
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 122
1922 - 2010
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 123
1922 - 2004
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 124
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 125
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 126
1922 - 2014
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 127
1922 - 2012
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 128
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 92
1935 - 2015
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 93
1934 - 2015
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 94
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 95
1922 - 2015
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 96
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 97
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 98
1932 - 2015
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 99
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 100
1931 - 2015
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 101
1947 - 2015
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 102
1929 - 2015
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 103
1928 - 2015
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 104
Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 532 out of 6,048. Before him are Waichiro Omura (1933), Kiyoo Kanda (1900), Norio Yoshimizu (1946), Shiro Teshima (1907), Gosho Aoyama (1963), and Masayoshi Ōhira (1910). After him are Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Yōsuke Matsuoka (1880), Emperor Junnin (733), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Mako (1933), and Tokugawa Ieharu (1737).
1933 - 2003
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 526
1900 - 1970
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 527
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 528
1907 - 1982
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 529
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 530
1910 - 1980
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 531
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 532
1909 - 1977
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 533
1880 - 1946
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 534
733 - 765
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 535
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 536
1933 - 2006
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 537
1737 - 1786
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 538
Among comic artists born in Japan, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 15. Before him are Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Kentaro Miura (1966), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), and Gosho Aoyama (1963). After him are Naoki Urasawa (1960), Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Takeshi Obata (1969), and Masami Kurumada (1953).
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 10
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