COMIC ARTIST

Shigeru Mizuki

1922 - 2015

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Shigeru Mura (Japanese: 武良 茂, Hepburn: Mura Shigeru; March 8, 1922 – November 30, 2015), best known by his pen name Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, Mizuki Shigeru), was a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and folklorist. He is best known for popularizing and reviving interest in yōkai, supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, especially through his most famous series GeGeGe no Kitarō. Raised in Sakaiminato, Mizuki developed an early interest in art and the supernatural. Drafted during World War II, he lost his left arm in combat, an experience that deeply shaped his later antimilitarist works, including Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shigeru Mizuki is the 46th most popular comic artist (down from 37th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from Japan (down from 446th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 46 out of 226. Before him are Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Shotaro Ishinomori, Enki Bilal, Philippe Honoré, Guillermo Mordillo, and Masashi Kishimoto. After him are Yoshihiro Togashi, Caran d'Ache, Bill Finger, Winsor McCay, Saul Steinberg, and Riyoko Ikeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 129. Before him are Günter Behnisch, Juan Antonio Bardem, Jonas Mekas, Michael Ventris, Francisco Aramburu, and Paul Scofield. After him are Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Albert Lamorisse, Stephen Toulmin, András Hegedüs, Cyd Charisse, and Micheline Presle. Among people deceased in 2015, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 113. Before him are Eldar Ryazanov, Philippe Honoré, Jenő Buzánszky, Kemal Monteno, Jacob Bekenstein, and Ieng Thirith. After him are André Glucksmann, Franzl Lang, Aldo Ciccolini, John Guillermin, Magali Noël, and Franco Interlenghi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 681 out of 6,245. Before him are Teizo Takeuchi (1908), Ii Naomasa (1561), Kinji Fukasaku (1930), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Shigechiyo Izumi (1865), and Emperor En'yū (959). After him are Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Minamoto no Yoriie (1182), Kazuyuki Mugita (1984), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), and Chōsokabe Motochika (1539).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Shigeru Mizuki ranks 14. Before him are Eiichiro Oda (1975), Naoki Urasawa (1960), Hirohiko Araki (1960), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), and Masashi Kishimoto (1974). After him are Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), and Masami Kurumada (1953).

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