COMIC ARTIST

Mitsuteru Yokoyama

1934 - 2004

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Mitsuteru Yokoyama (横山 光輝, Yokoyama Mitsuteru; June 18, 1934 – April 15, 2004) was a Japanese manga artist. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of manga and anime, his works have had a significant impact in the creation and establishment of many genres. These include: mecha (Tetsujin 28-go), magical girl (Sally the Witch), battle manga (Babel II), ninja (Iga no Kagemaru), and literary adaptations (Sangokushi). Some of his other works include Giant Robo, Kamen no Ninja Akakage, Princess Comet, and an adaptation of the Chinese classic Water Margin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mitsuteru Yokoyama is the 73rd most popular comic artist (up from 76th in 2019), the 1,027th most popular biography from Japan (down from 968th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 73 out of 226. Before him are Takehiko Inoue, Joe Shuster, Vicar, Jacques Tardi, Jim Davis, and Romano Scarpa. After him are Tignous, Takeshi Obata, Jean Van Hamme, Tetsuya Chiba, Kazuo Koike, and Hiromu Arakawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 256. Before him are Kir Bulychev, Abdullah Ibrahim, Rodri, Elżbieta Krzesińska, Ludvig Faddeev, and Phạm Minh Mẫn. After him are Lew Hoad, Sven-Bertil Taube, Boris Volynov, Francisco J. Ayala, Tengiz Sigua, and Harald Grønningen. Among people deceased in 2004, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 157. Before him are Orvar Bergmark, Carvalho Leite, Daouda Malam Wanké, Mehmood, Willie Watson, and George Baird. After him are Tony Randall, Rogelio Domínguez, Xenophon Zolotas, Carmen Laforet, Agnes Martin, and Christl Cranz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 1,027 out of 6,245. Before him are Toru Yoshikawa (1961), Tōru Furuya (1953), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Unkei (1151), Tarō Okamoto (1911), and Moriteru Ueshiba (1951). After him are Nakahama Manjirō (1827), Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), and Takeo Arishima (1878).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Mitsuteru Yokoyama ranks 24. Before him are Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Masami Kurumada (1953), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Yoshito Usui (1958), and Takehiko Inoue (1967). After him are Takeshi Obata (1969), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Kazuo Koike (1936), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), and Moto Hagio (1949).

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