COMIC ARTIST

Tsutomu Nihei

1971 - Today

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Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉, Nihei Tsutomu; born February 26, 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his submission, Blame. After working as an assistant to veteran comic artist Tsutomu Takahashi, Nihei went on to launch his debut series Blame! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Tsutomu Nihei is the 133rd most popular comic artist (down from 130th in 2024), the 1,561st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,411th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 133 out of 226. Before him are Rose O'Neill, Kiyohiko Azuma, Ken Akamatsu, Rudolph Dirks, Jamie Hewlett, and Richard Corben. After him are Roy Thomas, Greg, John Buscema, Kouta Hirano, Todd McFarlane, and Hitoshi Iwaaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 243. Before him are Corey Haim, Dannii Minogue, Andrea Stella, Zoran Mamić, Shawn Wayans, and Kevin Richardson. After him are Dipendra of Nepal, Norbert Hofer, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Cecilia Suárez, Bubba Ray Dudley, and Thomas Massie.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 1,561 out of 6,245. Before him are Eiji Takada (1974), Hiro Matsushita (1961), Sachiko Hidari (1930), Kentaro Uramoto (1982), Naoki Makino (1976), and Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (1926). After him are Miyavi (1981), Kamui Kobayashi (1986), Anri (1961), Sakai Toshihiko (1871), Kazushi Kimura (1958), and Yōjirō Takita (1955).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 49. Before him are Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Hiro Mashima (1977), Ken Sugimori (1966), Kiyohiko Azuma (1968), and Ken Akamatsu (1968). After him are Kouta Hirano (1973), Hitoshi Iwaaki (1960), Yukito Kishiro (1967), Hiroya Oku (1967), Momoko Sakura (1965), and Makoto Yukimura (1976).

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