1967 - Today
Takehiko Inoue (井上 雄彦, Inoue Takehiko, born 12 January 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for the basketball series Slam Dunk (1990–1996), and the jidaigeki manga Vagabond, which are two of the best-selling manga series in history. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takehiko Inoue has received more than 1,175,160 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Takehiko Inoue is the 72nd most popular comic artist (up from 85th in 2019), the 872nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 956th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Takehiko Inoue ranks 72 out of 174. Before him are Marjane Satrapi, Benoît Sokal, Richard F. Outcault, Vicar, Romano Scarpa, and Robert Crumb. After him are Kazuo Koike, Yoshito Usui, Al Taliaferro, Fujio Akatsuka, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, and Hiromu Arakawa.
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 66
1954 - 2021
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 67
1863 - 1928
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 68
1934 - 2012
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 69
1927 - 2005
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 70
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 71
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 72
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 73
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 74
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 75
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 76
1934 - 2004
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 77
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 78
Among people born in 1967, Takehiko Inoue ranks 99. Before him are Suman Pokhrel, Roger Schmidt, Aron Winter, Philipp Kirkorov, Toni Braxton, and Mira Sorvino. After him are Chuck Schuldiner, Viktor Bout, Saara Kuugongelwa, Takehito Koyasu, Olafur Eliasson, and Gorō Miyazaki.
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 93
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 94
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 95
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 96
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 97
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 98
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 99
1967 - 2001
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 100
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 101
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 102
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 103
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 104
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 105
Among people born in Japan, Takehiko Inoue ranks 872 out of 6,048. Before him are Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Akinori Nakayama (1943), and Hiroshi Nakajima (1928). After him are Kafū Nagai (1879), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Sadako Ogata (1927), Kazuo Koike (1936), and Toyohiro Akiyama (1942).
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 866
1872 - 1943
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 867
1733 - 1795
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 868
1864 - 1909
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 869
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 870
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 871
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 872
1879 - 1959
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 873
1533 - 1587
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 874
1868 - 1903
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 875
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 876
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 877
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 878
Among comic artists born in Japan, Takehiko Inoue ranks 25. Before him are Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Takeshi Obata (1969), Masami Kurumada (1953), Mitsuru Adachi (1951), Chica Umino (null), and Machiko Hasegawa (1920). After him are Kazuo Koike (1936), Yoshito Usui (1958), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), and Kazuki Takahashi (1961).
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 19
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 22
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 24
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 25
1936 - 2019
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 26
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 27
1934 - 2004
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 28
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 29
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 30
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 31