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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 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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  • 33

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  • 5.43

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  • 2.77

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Takeshi Obata ranks 60 out of 174Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Takeshi Obata ranks 79Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Obata ranks 768 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Takeshi Obata ranks 20Before 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).

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