1970 - Today
Yuu Watase (渡瀬 悠宇, Watase Yuu, born March 5, 1970, in Kishiwada, Osaka) is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1989 at the age of 18 with the short story "Pajama de Ojama" (パジャマでおじゃま, "An Intrusion in Pajamas") and has since published more than 50 volumes of one-shots and long-running manga series. One of her most popular titles is Fushigi Yûgi. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuu Watase has received more than 333,745 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuu Watase is the 156th most popular comic artist (down from 141st in 2019), the 1,500th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,406th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Yuu Watase ranks 156 out of 174. Before her are Norihiro Yagi, Neal Adams, John Byrne, Marv Wolfman, Kōsuke Fujishima, and Mark Millar. After her are Oh! great, Natsuki Takaya, Len Wein, Eduardo Risso, Bill Watterson, and Robert Kirkman.
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 150
1941 - 2022
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 151
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 152
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 153
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 154
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.47
Rank: 155
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 156
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 157
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 158
1948 - 2017
HPI: 40.94
Rank: 159
1925 - 1986
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 160
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 161
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1970, Yuu Watase ranks 314. Before her are Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Sweeney, Nicole de Boer, Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Moreno Torricelli, and Steve Jablonsky. After her are Serhiy Honchar, Leah Remini, B-Real, Christian Meier, Sander Boschker, and Donald-Olivier Sié.
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 308
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 309
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 310
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 311
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 312
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 313
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 314
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 315
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 316
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 317
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 318
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 319
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 320
Among people born in Japan, Yuu Watase ranks 1,500 out of 6,048. Before her are Yukitaka Omi (1952), Yuko Takeuchi (1980), Yuya Osako (1990), Noriko Sakai (1971), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), and Kyoko Fukada (1982). After her are Yoshikazu Nagai (1952), Mami Kaneda (1968), Akiho Yoshizawa (1984), Kento Masuda (1973), Oh! great (1972), and Masanobu Ando (1975).
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 1,494
1980 - 2020
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 1,495
1990 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,496
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.35
Rank: 1,497
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 1,498
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 1,499
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 1,500
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 1,501
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 1,502
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 1,503
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 1,504
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 1,505
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 1,506
Among comic artists born in Japan, Yuu Watase ranks 57. Before her are Tooru Fujisawa (1967), Inio Asano (1980), Lynn Okamoto (1970), Momoko Sakura (1965), Kiyohiko Azuma (1968), and Norihiro Yagi (1968). After her are Oh! great (1972), Natsuki Takaya (1973), One (1986), Nisio Isin (1981), Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), and Makoto Yukimura (1976).
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 51
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 52
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 53
1965 - 2018
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 54
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 55
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 56
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 57
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 58
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 59
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 60
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.43
Rank: 61
1971 - Present
HPI: 39.19
Rank: 62
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 63