COMIC ARTIST

Tetsuya Chiba

1939 - Today

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Tetsuya Chiba (千葉 徹彌 or ちばてつや, Chiba Tetsuya; born January 11, 1939) is a Japanese manga artist. Considered a major figure in the history of manga, many of his early titles are still in print due to continued popularity. He is most famous for his sports stories, having been described as "the biggest contributor to the rise of sports manga", in particular for works such as Ashita no Joe, his best known work, and Notari Matsutarō. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tetsuya Chiba is the 77th most popular comic artist (up from 87th in 2019), the 1,068th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,038th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Tetsuya Chiba ranks 77 out of 226. Before him are Jim Davis, Romano Scarpa, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Tignous, Takeshi Obata, and Jean Van Hamme. After him are Kazuo Koike, Hiromu Arakawa, Quentin Blake, Richard F. Outcault, Juan Giménez, and Machiko Hasegawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Tetsuya Chiba ranks 282. Before him are Giorgio Ferrini, Dariush Mehrjui, János Göröcs, Tigran Mansurian, Jean Van Hamme, and Néstor Combin. After him are Carmen Salinas, Alberto Suárez Inda, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Alberto Festa, Tom Thabane, and Merab Kostava.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsuya Chiba ranks 1,068 out of 6,245. Before him are Taisuke Hiramoto (1974), Noriko Ohara (1935), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Uemura Shōen (1875), Koji Tanaka (1955), and Mitsuru Komaeda (1950). After him are Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Hiroyuki Sakashita (1959), Abe Masahiro (1819), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Edwin O. Reischauer (1910), and Hiroshi Ochiai (1946).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Tetsuya Chiba ranks 26. Before him are Masami Kurumada (1953), Kazuki Takahashi (1961), Yoshito Usui (1958), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), and Takeshi Obata (1969). After him are Kazuo Koike (1936), Hiromu Arakawa (1973), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Moto Hagio (1949), Tite Kubo (1977), and Chica Umino (null).

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