COMIC ARTIST

Takehiko Inoue

1967 - Today

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Takehiko Inoue (井上 雄彦, Inoue Takehiko; born 12 January 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for the basketball series Slam Dunk (1990–1996), and the jidaigeki manga Vagabond, which are two of the best-selling manga series in history. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport. His works sold in North America through Viz Media are Slam Dunk, Vagabond and Real, although Slam Dunk was earlier translated by Gutsoon! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takehiko Inoue is the 67th most popular comic artist (down from 64th in 2019), the 931st most popular biography from Japan (down from 823rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Takehiko Inoue ranks 67 out of 226. Before him are Émile Cohl, E. C. Segar, Jerry Siegel, Yoshito Usui, Benoît Sokal, and Guido Crepax. After him are Joe Shuster, Vicar, Jacques Tardi, Jim Davis, Romano Scarpa, and Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Takehiko Inoue ranks 110. Before him are Saeed Al-Owairan, Gavin Newsom, Jeanine Áñez, Olafur Eliasson, Sandrine Bonnaire, and Miranda Otto. After him are John Petrucci, Rufus Sewell, Viktor Bout, Chris Benoit, Tom Kristensen, and Faith Hill.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takehiko Inoue ranks 931 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948), Katsuyuki Kawachi (1955), Ken Shimura (1950), Inō Tadataka (1745), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), and Kaneto Shindo (1912). After him are Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), and Tetsuo Sugamata (1957).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Takehiko Inoue ranks 23. Before him are Gosho Aoyama (1963), Monkey Punch (1937), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Masami Kurumada (1953), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), and Yoshito Usui (1958). After him are Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Takeshi Obata (1969), Tetsuya Chiba (1939), Kazuo Koike (1936), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), and Machiko Hasegawa (1920).

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