COMIC ARTIST

Takeshi Obata

1969 - Today

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Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, Obata Takeshi, born February 11, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1999–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takeshi Obata has received more than 1,096,918 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Takeshi Obata is the 70th most popular comic artist (down from 60th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Japan (down from 766th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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  • 2.81

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Takeshi Obata ranks 70 out of 226. Before him are Takehiko Inoue, Joe Shuster, Jacques Tardi, Yoshito Usui, Vicar, and Robert Crumb. After him are Tignous, Jim Davis, Richard F. Outcault, Kazuki Takahashi, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, and Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Takeshi Obata ranks 110. Before him are Tommy Morrison, David Boreanaz, Lei Jun, Germán Burgos, Clotilde Courau, and Răzvan Lucescu. After him are Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain, Pedro Castillo, Roy Jones Jr., Andrew Cunanan, Sayako Kuroda, and Sean Combs.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Obata ranks 940 out of 6,245. Before him are Shōji Nishimura (1889), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Tomomi Seo (1950), Tokugawa Nariaki (1800), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Futabatei Shimei (1864). After him are Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Takeshi Ono (1944), Kuroda Seiki (1866), Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948), and Ai Yazawa (1967).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Takeshi Obata ranks 23. Before him are Masashi Kishimoto (1974), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Masami Kurumada (1953), Takehiko Inoue (1967), and Yoshito Usui (1958). After him are Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Kazuo Koike (1936), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), and Chica Umino (null).

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