1938 - 1998
Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎, Ishinomori Shōtarō, 25 January 1938 – 28 January 1998) was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009, the Super Sentai series (later adapted into the Power Rangers series), and the Kamen Rider series. He was twice awarded by the Shogakukan Manga Awards, in 1968 for Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae and in 1988 for Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shotaro Ishinomori has received more than 604,715 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Shotaro Ishinomori is the 42nd most popular comic artist (down from 41st in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Japan (up from 585th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 42 out of 174. Before him are Eiichiro Oda, Saul Steinberg, Bill Finger, Kentaro Miura, Yoshihiro Togashi, and Philippe Honoré. After him are Gosho Aoyama, Shigeru Mizuki, Naoki Urasawa, Guillermo Mordillo, Caran d'Ache, and Monkey Punch.
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 36
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 37
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
Among people born in 1938, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 130. Before him are Oleg Gordievsky, Marien Ngouabi, Nabih Berri, Anne Perry, Seishiro Shimatani, and David Lane. After him are Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Angelo Amato, Hermann Nitsch, Igor Sergeyev, Tatsuya Shiji, and Milan Galić. Among people deceased in 1998, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 74. Before him are Haxhi Lleshi, Jerome Robbins, Ted Hughes, László Szabó, Adem Jashari, and George Wallace. After him are Kunitaka Sueoka, Don Taylor, Carl Perkins, J. T. Walsh, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Joan Hickson.
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 124
1938 - 1977
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 125
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 126
1938 - 2023
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 127
1938 - 2001
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 128
1938 - 2007
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 129
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 130
1938 - 2020
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 131
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 132
1938 - 2022
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 133
1938 - 2006
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 135
1938 - 2014
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 136
1913 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 68
1918 - 1998
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 69
1930 - 1998
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 70
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 71
1955 - 1998
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 72
1919 - 1998
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 73
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 74
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 75
1920 - 1998
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 76
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 77
1943 - 1998
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 78
1911 - 1998
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 79
1906 - 1998
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 80
Among people born in Japan, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 510 out of 6,048. Before him are Yamada Nagamasa (1590), Tokugawa Ieyoshi (1793), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Seki Matsunaga (1928), Kenzo Ohashi (1934), and Seishiro Shimatani (1938). After him are Seiichi Itō (1890), Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1435), Kunitaka Sueoka (1917), Yoshihiko Noda (1957), Toshio Hirabayashi (null), and Kondō Isami (1834).
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 504
1793 - 1853
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 505
966 - 1028
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 506
1928 - 2013
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 507
1934 - 2015
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 508
1938 - 2001
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 509
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 510
1890 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 511
1435 - 1490
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 512
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 513
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 514
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 515
1834 - 1868
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 516
Among comic artists born in Japan, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 13. Before him are Hirohiko Araki (1960), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Kentaro Miura (1966), and Yoshihiro Togashi (1966). After him are Gosho Aoyama (1963), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), and Riyoko Ikeda (1947).
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 7
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 8
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