COMIC ARTIST

Shigeru Mizuki

1922 - 2015

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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 572,397 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Shigeru Mizuki is the 37th most popular comic artist (up from 44th in 2019), the 446th most popular biography from Japan (up from 530th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 37 out of 226. Before him are André Franquin, Cabu, Yoshihiro Togashi, Hirohiko Araki, Winsor McCay, and Katsuhiro Otomo. After him are Will Eisner, Philippe Honoré, Caran d'Ache, Shotaro Ishinomori, Guillermo Mordillo, and Gosho Aoyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 102. Before him are Sven Nykvist, Jonas Mekas, Michael Cacoyannis, Alistair MacLean, Gianna Beretta Molla, and José Froilán González. After him are Carl Reiner, Egon Bahr, Ferenc Deák, Miloš Jakeš, Eleanor Parker, and Veronica Lake. Among people deceased in 2015, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 86. Before him are Cabu, Cynthia Lennon, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jin Youzhi, Ruth Rendell, and Akiyuki Nosaka. After him are Yaşar Kemal, Eldar Ryazanov, Egon Bahr, Kemal Monteno, Satoru Iwata, and Jean-Pierre Beltoise.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 446 out of 6,245. Before him are Yukio Tsuda (1917), Muryeong of Baekje (462), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Minoru Genda (1904), and Emperor Hanazono (1297). After him are Ko Arima (1917), Kido Takayoshi (1833), Masao Uchino (1934), Tomitaro Makino (1862), Masafumi Hara (1943), and Akiko Wakabayashi (1941).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 13. Before him are Kentaro Miura (1966), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Go Nagai (1945), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Hirohiko Araki (1960), and Katsuhiro Otomo (1954). After him are Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Monkey Punch (1937), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), and Naoko Takeuchi (1967).

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