1952 - Today
Yoshitaka Amano (Japanese: 天野 喜孝, born March 26, 1952) is a Japanese visual artist, character designer, illustrator, a scenic designer for theatre and film, and a costume designer. He first came into prominence in the late 1960s working on the anime adaptation of Speed Racer. Amano later became the creator of iconic and influential characters such as Gatchaman, Tekkaman, Honeybee Hutch, and Casshern. In 1982 he went independent and became a freelance artist, finding success as an illustrator for numerous authors, and worked on best-selling novel series, such as The Guin Saga and Vampire Hunter D. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshitaka Amano has received more than 1,012,870 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Yoshitaka Amano is the 51st most popular artist, the 682nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 722nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Artist.
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Among artists, Yoshitaka Amano ranks 51 out of 78. Before him are Sennedjem, Marianne Brandt, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Bruno Munari, Bill Viola, and Dan Graham. After him are Gottfried Helnwein, Vito Acconci, Nikolay Shmatko, Hasui Kawase, Damien Hirst, and Robert Indiana.
1300 BC - 1001 BC
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 45
1893 - 1983
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 46
1874 - 1927
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 47
1907 - 1998
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 48
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 49
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 50
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 51
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 52
1940 - 2017
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 53
1943 - 2020
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 54
1883 - 1957
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 55
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 56
1928 - 2018
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1952, Yoshitaka Amano ranks 128. Before him are Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Alfre Woodard, Fatos Nano, François Berléand, Christiane Taubira, and Jack W. Szostak. After him are Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Clive Barker, David A. Stewart, Rex Tillerson, Semyon Bychkov, and David Petraeus.
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 122
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 123
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 124
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 125
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 126
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 127
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 128
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 129
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 130
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 131
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 132
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 133
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 134
Among people born in Japan, Yoshitaka Amano ranks 682 out of 6,048. Before him are Ii Naosuke (1815), Yasuo Haruyama (1906), Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927), Kazu Naoki (1918), Ueda Akinari (1734), and Motobu Chōki (1870). After him are Hōnen (1133), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), Keisai Eisen (1790), Noritaka Hidaka (1947), and Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866).
1815 - 1860
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 676
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 677
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 678
1918 - 1944
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 679
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 680
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 681
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 682
1133 - 1212
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 683
1839 - 1915
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 684
1888 - 1947
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 685
1790 - 1848
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 686
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 687
1866 - 1949
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 688
Among artists born in Japan, Yoshitaka Amano ranks 5. Before him are Hokusai (1760), Yoko Ono (1933), Hiroshige (1797), and Akira Yoshizawa (1911). After him are Yoshitomo Nara (1959).
1760 - 1849
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 1
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 2
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 3
1911 - 2005
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 6