COMIC ARTIST

Masami Kurumada

1953 - Today

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Masami Kurumada (車田 正美, Kurumada Masami; born December 6, 1953) is a Japanese manga artist and writer, known for specializing in fighting manga featuring bishōnen and magical boys. He is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions or Kurumadapro for short. He achieved fame as the creator of popular manga, such as Ring ni Kakero, Fūma no Kojirō, Saint Seiya and B't X. The male characters in his works often display very masculine qualities and traits, and display courage through sacrifice, selflessness and true heroism. He has won the Best Success award with Saint Seiya and the Best Inspiration award with Ring ni Kakero. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masami Kurumada is the 58th most popular comic artist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 797th most popular biography from Japan (down from 723rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Masami Kurumada ranks 58 out of 226. Before him are Riyoko Ikeda, Charles Addams, Gosho Aoyama, Monkey Punch, Marjane Satrapi, and Naoko Takeuchi. After him are Art Spiegelman, Kazuki Takahashi, Émile Cohl, E. C. Segar, Jerry Siegel, and Yoshito Usui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Masami Kurumada ranks 143. Before him are Satoru Nakajima, Stephen Paddock, Christoph Daum, Bill Nunn, Eben Alexander, and Larry Miller. After him are Amy Irving, Mitsuo Kato, Lars Saabye Christensen, Ian Khama, Pavlo Lazarenko, and Myung-whun Chung.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masami Kurumada ranks 797 out of 6,245. Before him are Yasushi Inoue (1907), Takeshi Ono (1944), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), and Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958). After him are Ikki Kita (1883), Iwakura Tomomi (1825), Mitsuo Kato (1953), Prince Munetaka (1242), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), and Ki no Tsurayuki (866).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Masami Kurumada ranks 20. Before him are Shigeru Mizuki (1922), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Monkey Punch (1937), and Naoko Takeuchi (1967). After him are Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Yoshito Usui (1958), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Takeshi Obata (1969), and Tetsuya Chiba (1939).

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