COMIC ARTIST

Go Nagai

1945 - Today

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Kiyoshi Nagai (永井潔, Nagai Kiyoshi; born September 6, 1945), better known by the pen name Go Nagai (永井 豪, Nagai Gō), is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, but is best known for creating popular 1970s manga and anime series such as Cutie Honey, Devilman, and Mazinger Z. He is credited with creating the super robot genre; designing the first mecha robots piloted by a user from within a cockpit with Mazinger Z; as well as helping pioneer the magical girl genre with Cutie Honey; the post-apocalyptic manga/anime genre with Violence Jack; and the ecchi genre with Harenchi Gakuen. In 2005, he became a Character Design professor at the Osaka University of Arts. He has been a member of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's nominating committee since 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Go Nagai is the 23rd most popular comic artist (up from 27th in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 313th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Go Nagai ranks 23 out of 226. Before him are Matt Groening, Rumiko Takahashi, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Bob Kane, Tsugumi Ohba, and André Franquin. After him are Leiji Matsumoto, Joe Simon, Georges Wolinski, Steve Ditko, Kentaro Miura, and Milo Manara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Go Nagai ranks 104. Before him are Ferdi Tayfur, Jacqueline du Pré, Richard Thaler, Marthe Keller, Micheline Calmy-Rey, and Daniel Davis. After him are Rita Pavone, Alexey Ekimov, John Fogerty, Bob Gunton, Carlos Osoro Sierra, and Stanisław Ryłko.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Go Nagai ranks 333 out of 6,245. Before him are Saburo Shinosaki (null), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Kazu Naoki (1918), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Emperor Go-Nijō (1285), and Masayoshi Son (1957). After him are Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Emperor Ankan (466), Hiroshi Kanazawa (1950), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Kenji Tochio (1941), and Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Go Nagai ranks 5. Before him are Osamu Tezuka (1928), Akira Toriyama (1955), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), and Tsugumi Ohba (1950). After him are Leiji Matsumoto (1938), Kentaro Miura (1966), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Hirohiko Araki (1960), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), and Shotaro Ishinomori (1938).

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