COMIC ARTIST

Ken Akamatsu

1968 - Today

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Ken Akamatsu (Japanese: 赤松 健, Hepburn: Akamatsu Ken; born July 5, 1968) is a Japanese manga artist and politician who has served since 2022 as a member of the House of Councillors. He made his professional manga debut in 1993, and is best known as the author of Love Hina (1998–2001) and Negima! Magister Negi Magi (2003–2012), both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; a sequel to Negima!, UQ Holder!, was serialized from 2013 to 2022. In 2011, Akamatsu founded J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free digital distributor of out-of-print manga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Akamatsu is the 129th most popular comic artist (down from 123rd in 2024), the 1,521st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,314th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Ken Akamatsu ranks 129 out of 226. Before him are David Lloyd, Hiro Mashima, Ken Sugimori, François Bourgeon, Rose O'Neill, and Kiyohiko Azuma. After him are Rudolph Dirks, Jamie Hewlett, Richard Corben, Tsutomu Nihei, Roy Thomas, and Greg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ken Akamatsu ranks 257. Before him are Cătălin Predoiu, Howard Donald, Bülent Korkmaz, Kyle Eastwood, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Kiyohiko Azuma. After him are Yasmine Pahlavi, Jamie Hewlett, Sergei Lukyanenko, Ishtar, Zacarias Moussaoui, and Adolfo Valencia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ken Akamatsu ranks 1,521 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiromasa Tokioka (1974), Kenji Ito (1976), Ken Uehara (1909), Yasushi Mizusaki (1971), Kiyohiko Azuma (1968), and Hikaru Nakamura (1987). After him are Tsubasa Adachi (2000), Hyde (1969), Mitsunori Yoshida (1962), Chiharu Igaya (1931), Goichi Ishitani (1979), and Musashi Mizushima (1964).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Ken Akamatsu ranks 48. Before him are Keiko Takemiya (1950), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Hiro Mashima (1977), Ken Sugimori (1966), and Kiyohiko Azuma (1968). After him are Tsutomu Nihei (1971), Kouta Hirano (1973), Hitoshi Iwaaki (1960), Yukito Kishiro (1967), Hiroya Oku (1967), and Momoko Sakura (1965).

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