COMIC ARTIST

Nisio Isin

1981 - Today

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Nisio Isin (Japanese: 西尾 維新, Hepburn: Nishio Ishin; born 1981), often stylized as NISIOISIN to emphasize the palindrome, is a pseudonymous Japanese novelist, manga author, and screenplay writer. Nisio debuted in 2002 with the novel The Beheading Cycle (the first in his Zaregoto series), which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Prize at twenty years of age. In 2005, he began his long-running Monogatari novel series, which was published in 29 volumes as of 2023, and was later adapted as a highly-successful animated series of the same name, produced by Shaft. His Katanagatari novels, Medaka Box manga series, Jūni Taisen novel, and The Beheading Cycle have also been adapted as anime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nisio Isin is the 202nd most popular comic artist (down from 192nd in 2019), the 2,506th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,949th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Nisio Isin ranks 202 out of 226. Before him are Mark Millar, Garth Ennis, Nakaba Suzuki, Jeph Loeb, Gary Larson, and Doaa el-Adl. After him are Joann Sfar, George Pérez, Daniel Clowes, Kentaro Yabuki, Carlos Ezquerra, and Bruce Timm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nisio Isin ranks 451. Before him are Ján Ďurica, Germán Denis, Lucy Aharish, Mathias Lauda, Joci Pápai, and Emily Hampshire. After him are Steve Gohouri, Dasha Zhukova, Siarhei Rutenka, Loukas Vyntra, Masamichi Yamada, and Roland Linz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nisio Isin ranks 2,506 out of 6,245. Before him are Jun Kamita (1992), Go Oiwa (1972), Takahiro Yamada (1972), Hiroshige Yanagimoto (1972), Keisuke Sekiguchi (1986), and Hajime Ishii (1959). After him are Hisashi Tsuchida (1967), Hisao Kuramata (1958), Tomohisa Yoshida (1984), Sui Ishida (1986), Kengo Fukudome (1987), and Shinobu Terajima (1972).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Nisio Isin ranks 71. Before him are Moyoco Anno (1971), Katsura Hoshino (1980), Natsuki Takaya (1973), Koyoharu Gotouge (1989), Arina Tanemura (1978), and Nakaba Suzuki (1977). After him are Kentaro Yabuki (1980), Yuki Urushibara (1974), Bisco Hatori (1975), Yoshitoki Ōima (1989), Kaori Yuki (2000), and Matsuri Hino (2000).

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