COMIC ARTIST

Keiko Takemiya

1950 - Today

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Keiko Takemiya (竹宮 惠子, Takemiya Keiko; born February 13, 1950) is a Japanese manga artist, professor and university administrator. As part of the Year 24 Group, she was a leading figure in shōjo manga scene in the 1970s creating such manga as Kaze to Ki no Uta, Toward the Terra, Natsu e no Tobira. Additionally she became head of the Faculty of Manga at Kyoto Seika University, and then later became the president of the university. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keiko Takemiya is the 113th most popular comic artist (up from 116th in 2019), the 1,327th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,272nd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Keiko Takemiya ranks 113 out of 226. Before her are Jacques Martin, Jean Tabary, Masamune Shirow, Claire Bretécher, Ōten Shimokawa, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. After her are E. O. Plauen, Hal Foster, Iginio Straffi, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Les Clark, and Masakazu Katsura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Keiko Takemiya ranks 398. Before her are Paolo Pulici, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Charles Fleischer, Trevor Bolder, Inge Helten, and Vladislav Bogićević. After her are Mauro Bellugi, Susan George, Muhammad Mian Soomro, Daniel von Bargen, Dietmar Lorenz, and Josef Tošovský.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Keiko Takemiya ranks 1,327 out of 6,245. Before her are Ōten Shimokawa (1892), Yasushi Akashi (1931), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Atsushi Yamaguchi (1980), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962), and Toru Kamikawa (1963). After her are Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Mana (1969), Akina Nakamori (1965), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), and Daisuke Gōri (1952).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Keiko Takemiya ranks 41. Before her are Yōichi Takahashi (1960), Sanpei Shirato (1932), Hajime Isayama (1986), Masamune Shirow (1961), Ōten Shimokawa (1892), and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962). After her are Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Hiro Mashima (1977), Ken Sugimori (1966), Kiyohiko Azuma (1968), and Ken Akamatsu (1968).

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