COMIC ARTIST

Yukito Kishiro

1967 - Today

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Yukito Kishiro (木城 ゆきと, Kishiro Yukito) is a Japanese manga artist born in Tokyo in 1967 and raised in Chiba. As a teenager he was influenced by the mecha anime Armored Trooper Votoms and Mobile Suit Gundam, in particular the designs of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, as well as the works of manga artist Rumiko Takahashi. He began his career at age 17, with his debut manga, Space Oddity, in the Weekly Shonen Sunday. He is best known for the cyberpunk series Battle Angel Alita. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Yukito Kishiro is the 139th most popular comic artist (down from 137th in 2024), the 1,705th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,452nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Yukito Kishiro ranks 139 out of 226. Before him are Roy Thomas, Greg, John Buscema, Kouta Hirano, Todd McFarlane, and Sylvain Chomet. After him are Hiroya Oku, George Herriman, Momoko Sakura, Sergio Aragonés, Mauri Kunnas, and Makoto Yukimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Yukito Kishiro ranks 327. Before him are Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia, Alfred Jermaniš, Chad Channing, Benoît Hamon, Akira Kawaguchi, and Oleg Tinkov. After him are Frances O'Connor, Skin, Uli Kusch, Pandeli Majko, Jin Xing, and Hiroya Oku.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukito Kishiro ranks 1,705 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiko Tanaka (1956), Kenta Hasegawa (1965), Hiroyuki Tazawa (1978), Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Akira Takabe (1982), and Hiroshi Hirakawa (1965). After him are Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), Ryuji Nagata (1972), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kae Nishina (1972), Ringo Sheena (1978), and Wataru Takagi (1966).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Japan

Among comic artists born in Japan, Yukito Kishiro ranks 50. Before him are Hiro Mashima (1977), Ken Sugimori (1966), Kiyohiko Azuma (1968), Ken Akamatsu (1968), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), and Kouta Hirano (1973). After him are Hiroya Oku (1967), Momoko Sakura (1965), Makoto Yukimura (1976), Lynn Okamoto (1970), Norihiro Yagi (1968), and Seishi Kishimoto (1974).

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