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 433,350 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shotaro Ishinomori is the 41st most popular comic artist (down from 35th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from Japan (down from 530th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 41 out of 174. Before him are Saul Steinberg, Eiichiro Oda, Monkey Punch, Cabu, Émile Cohl, and Charles M. Schulz. After him are Yoshihiro Togashi, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hirohiko Araki, Shigeru Mizuki, Claire Bretécher, and E. C. Segar.
1914 - 1999
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 35
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 36
1937 - 2019
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 37
1938 - 2015
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 38
1857 - 1938
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 39
1922 - 2000
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 40
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 41
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 42
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 44
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 45
1940 - 2020
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 46
1894 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 47
Among people born in 1938, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 135. Before him are Larry Scott, Keith O'Brien, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Arsen Dedić, and David Lane. After him are Paul Andreu, William B. Davis, Lill-Babs, Oleg Gordievsky, Félix Mourinho, and Anne Perry. Among people deceased in 1998, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 79. Before him are Florence Griffith Joyner, Bruno Munari, Adem Jashari, Hans von Ohain, César Baldaccini, and Efim Geller. After him are Shinichi Suzuki, Momoko Kōchi, John Derek, Aymoré Moreira, Marie-Louise Meilleur, and Lucio Battisti.
1938 - 2014
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 129
1938 - 2018
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 130
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 131
1938 - 1996
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 132
1938 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 133
1938 - 2007
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 134
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 135
1938 - 2018
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 136
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 137
1938 - 2018
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 138
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 139
1938 - 2017
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 140
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 141
1959 - 1998
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 73
1907 - 1998
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 74
1955 - 1998
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 75
1911 - 1998
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 76
1921 - 1998
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 77
1925 - 1998
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 78
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 79
1898 - 1998
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 80
1932 - 1998
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 81
1926 - 1998
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 82
1912 - 1998
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 83
1880 - 1998
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 84
1943 - 1998
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 85
Among people born in Japan, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 585 out of 5,560. Before him are Emperor Takakura (1161), Ankō Itosu (1831), Tokugawa Ieharu (1737), Hideaki Anno (1960), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), and Nitobe Inazō (1862). After him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Emperor Murakami (926), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Hajime Sugiyama (1880), and Yamamoto Kansuke (1493).
1161 - 1181
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 579
1831 - 1915
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 580
1737 - 1786
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 581
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 582
1886 - 1973
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 583
1862 - 1933
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 584
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 585
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 586
1898 - 1998
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 587
926 - 967
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 588
1930 - 2003
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 589
1880 - 1945
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 590
1493 - 1561
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 591
Among comic artists born in Japan, Shotaro Ishinomori ranks 10. Before him are Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Leiji Matsumoto (1938), Go Nagai (1945), Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Eiichiro Oda (1975), and Monkey Punch (1937). After him are Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Hirohiko Araki (1960), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Naoki Urasawa (1960), and Riyoko Ikeda (1947).
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 6
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 8
1937 - 2019
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 9
1938 - 1998
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 10
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 12
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 13
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 14
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 16