1971 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsutomu Nihei has received more than 649,000 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tsutomu Nihei is the 130th most popular comic artist (down from 122nd in 2019), the 1,292nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,262nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 130 out of 174. Before him are Sylvain Chomet, Rudolph Dirks, Iginio Straffi, Ken Sugimori, Mauri Kunnas, and François Bourgeon. After him are John Buscema, George Herriman, Seishi Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Takei, R. K. Laxman, and Moyoco Anno.
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 124
1877 - 1968
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 125
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 126
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 127
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 128
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 129
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 130
1927 - 2002
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 131
1880 - 1944
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 132
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 133
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 134
1921 - 2015
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 135
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1971, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 216. Before him are Matt Stone, Luis Tosar, Kid Rock, James Marape, Davide Rebellin, and Joel McHale. After him are Christian Camargo, Julio César Baldivieso, Thomas Helveg, Besnik Hasi, Ryan White, and Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 210
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 211
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 212
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 213
1971 - 2022
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 214
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 215
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 216
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 217
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 218
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 219
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 220
1971 - 1990
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 221
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 222
Among people born in Japan, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 1,292 out of 6,048. Before him are Eiji Kawashima (1983), Masako Yoshida (1957), Toshihiko Seki (1962), Maho Shimizu (1960), Tomoyasu Asaoka (1962), and Shinobu Sekine (1943). After him are Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Toyokazu Nomura (1949), Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Kamui Kobayashi (1986), Takehide Nakatani (1941), and Hiroshi Ochiai (1946).
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 1,286
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 1,287
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 1,288
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 1,289
1962 - 2021
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 1,290
1943 - 2018
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 1,291
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 1,292
1945 - 2007
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 1,293
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 1,294
1890 - 1968
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 1,295
1986 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 1,296
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 1,297
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 1,298
Among comic artists born in Japan, Tsutomu Nihei ranks 46. Before him are Masakazu Katsura (1962), Tite Kubo (1977), Yukito Kishiro (1967), Ken Akamatsu (1968), Yōichi Takahashi (1960), and Ken Sugimori (1966). After him are Seishi Kishimoto (1974), Hiroyuki Takei (1972), Moyoco Anno (1971), Kouta Hirano (1973), Tooru Fujisawa (1967), and Inio Asano (1980).
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 40
1977 - Present
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 41
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 42
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 43
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 44
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 45
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 46
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 47
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 48
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 49
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 50
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 51
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 52