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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Nisio Isin is the 209th most popular comic artist (down from 192nd in 2024), the 2,556th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,948th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Nisio Isin ranks 209 out of 226. Before him are Garth Ennis, Nakaba Suzuki, Jeph Loeb, Gary Larson, Doaa el-Adl, and Tatsuya Endo. After him are Joann Sfar, George Pérez, Hideaki Sorachi, Daniel Clowes, Kentaro Yabuki, and Carlos Ezquerra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nisio Isin ranks 462. 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 2,556 out of 6,245. Before him are Takahiro Yamada (1972), Tatsuya Endo (1980), Hiroshige Yanagimoto (1972), Miki Nakatani (1976), 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 78. Before him are Katsura Hoshino (1980), Natsuki Takaya (1973), Koyoharu Gotouge (1989), Arina Tanemura (1978), Nakaba Suzuki (1977), and Tatsuya Endo (1980). After him are Hideaki Sorachi (1979), Kentaro Yabuki (1980), Aka Akasaka (1988), Yuki Urushibara (1974), Yoji Shinkawa (1971), and Bisco Hatori (1975).

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