1969 - Today
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 977,407 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Takeshi Obata is the 60th most popular comic artist (up from 73rd in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from Japan (up from 887th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Takeshi Obata ranks 60 out of 174. Before him are Naoko Takeuchi, Riyoko Ikeda, Joe Shuster, Charles Addams, E. C. Segar, and Art Spiegelman. After him are Guido Crepax, Masami Kurumada, Mitsuru Adachi, Chica Umino, Machiko Hasegawa, and Marjane Satrapi.
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 54
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 55
1914 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 56
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 57
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 58
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 59
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 60
1933 - 2003
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 61
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 62
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 63
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 64
1920 - 1992
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 65
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 66
Among people born in 1969, Takeshi Obata ranks 79. Before him are Hong Myung-bo, Shannon Lee, Robert Sean Leonard, Triple H, Manu Bennett, and Bobby Brown. After him are Sean Combs, Jay-Z, Anne Heche, Bob Sinclar, Jason Clarke, and Achinoam Nini.
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 73
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 74
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 75
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 76
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 77
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 78
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 79
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 80
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 81
1969 - 2022
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 82
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 83
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 84
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 85
Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Obata ranks 768 out of 6,048. Before him are Shūji Terayama (1935), Shō Hashi (1371), Shō Shin (1465), Shintaro Abe (1924), Takashi Ono (1931), and Matsumura Sōkon (1809). After him are Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Prince Morikuni (1301), Masami Kurumada (1953), Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Ikki Kita (1883), and Sachi Kagawa (null).
1935 - 1983
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 762
1371 - 1439
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 763
1465 - 1526
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 764
1924 - 1991
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 765
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 766
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 767
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 768
1909 - 1992
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 769
1301 - 1333
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 770
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 771
1882 - 1952
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 772
1883 - 1937
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 773
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 774
Among comic artists born in Japan, Takeshi Obata ranks 20. Before him are Gosho Aoyama (1963), Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), and Riyoko Ikeda (1947). After him are Masami Kurumada (1953), Mitsuru Adachi (1951), Chica Umino (null), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Takehiko Inoue (1967), and Kazuo Koike (1936).
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
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