COMIC ARTIST

Yuu Watase

1970 - Today

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Yuu Watase (渡瀬 悠宇, Watase Yuu; born March 5, 1970) 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. In 1998, Watase won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo (girls') category for Ceres, Celestial Legend. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuu Watase is the 173rd most popular comic artist (down from 160th in 2024), the 2,007th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,609th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Yuu Watase ranks 173 out of 226. Before her are Jim Starlin, Alison Bechdel, Peter David, Tooru Fujisawa, Jules Feiffer, and Bill Watterson. After her are Atsushi Ohkubo, Harvey Pekar, Jim Lee, R. K. Laxman, Kōsuke Fujishima, and Robert Kirkman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yuu Watase ranks 391. Before her are Mohammed Yusuf, B-Real, Arijan Komazec, Peter Van Petegem, Nia Long, and Alonzo Mourning. After her are Johnny Messner, Gaston Taument, Martha Plimpton, Arvind Swamy, Radoslav Látal, and Javi Gracia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuu Watase ranks 2,007 out of 6,245. Before her are Yui Horie (1976), Kyohei Suzaki (1989), Hideki Matsui (1974), Koichi Hashiratani (1961), Yuma Asami (1987), and Hitoshi Tomishima (1964). After her are Atsushi Ohkubo (1979), Sakon Yamamoto (1982), Takumi Horiike (1965), Noriko Sakai (1971), Haruma Miura (1990), and Shinya Chiba (1983).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Yuu Watase ranks 63. Before her are Norihiro Yagi (1968), Seishi Kishimoto (1974), Inio Asano (1980), Yoshitoshi ABe (1971), Oh! great (1972), and Tooru Fujisawa (1967). After her are Atsushi Ohkubo (1979), Hiroyuki Takei (1972), One (1986), Yasuhiro Nightow (1967), Gege Akutami (1992), and Kia Asamiya (1963).

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