No.15：Osamu Akimoto
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He is the creator of Police Box in Front of Kameari Park, Katsushika Ward, which has earned him a lot of respect.
Kouchikame itself is one of the best manga in Japan, having sold 156.5 million copies in 200 volumes over 40 years, and the fact that it has continued to be serialized without dropping even once is a great achievement.
The greatness of continuing a weekly serialization of a gag manga with one complete story for 40 years and constantly coming up with new ideas cannot be measured by numbers alone.
・Major Works
Police Box in Front of Kameari Park, Katsushika Ward（1976-2016）
No.14：Syoutarou Ishinomori
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He is very famous as the creator of “Kamen Rider”, but he is also a manga artist who has created many hit works such as “Cyborg 009” and “HOTEL”, which became the foundation of Japanese SF manga.
He is also known as one of the members of Tokiwa-so.
Kamen Rider is overwhelmingly associated with special effects, but the manga version was also serialized prior to the TV broadcast.
The manga version also precedes the TV show.
・Major Works
Cyborg 009（1964-1986）
Kamen Rider（1971）
Android Kikaider（1972-1974）
009 no 1（1967-1974）
HOTEL（1984-1998）
No.13：Mituteru Yokoyama
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He is the creator of “Tetsujin 28,” “Sally the Magician,” “Babyl II,” and other works that caused a huge boom in the 1960s and 1970s.
Many of you may know him from “Three Kingdoms”, which is available in many schools.
In addition to his achievements as a manga artist, his influence on the anime industry has been immense, and he is said to be the pioneer who created the history of robot and magical girl anime.
・Major Works
Tetsujin 28（1956-1966）
Masked Ninja Akakage（1966-1967）
Babyl II (1971-1973）
Sally the Magician（1966-1967）
Three Kingdoms（1971-1987）
12位：Naoki Urasawa
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Since his debut in 1983, he has been a hit maker who has produced many popular works.
His first hit was the judo manga “YAWARA!”, which was also a popular anime, followed by “MASTER Keaton”, “Happy!
And “20th Century Boys”, which started in 1999, 16 years after his debut, became his masterpiece, winning numerous awards.
・Major Works
YAWARA！（1986-1993）
MASTER Keaton（1988-1994）
Happy!（1993-1999）
MONSTER（1994-2001）
20th Century Boys（1999-2006）
No.11：Eiichirou Oda
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He is the creator of “One Piece” and is the top manga artist of the single point type.
Since the serialization of ONE PIECE began in 1997, there has been no other serialization other than this one, but one work alone has sold a total of 450 million copies worldwide, making him the author who has sold the most books in Japan.
If it were simply a “ranking of the best-selling manga artists,” this person would be number one in the world.
・Major Works
ONE PIECE（1997-）
No.10：Yoshihiro Togashi
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He is a charismatic manga artist who has created two of Jump’s most popular works, “YuYu Hakusho” and “HUNTERxHUNTER”.
These two works, as well as the short-lived “Level E” serialized in the middle of them, were highly acclaimed and later made into an anime.
The only problem is that there are so many breaks in the series, and they are so long, but the fact that he still has so many fans is amazing.
・Major Works
Yu Yu Hakusho（1990-1994）
Level E（1995-1997）
HUNTER×HUNTER（1998-）
No.9：Takehiko Inoue
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He is a manga artist known for the historic hit of SLAM DUNK, which led Jump and the manga world in the 1990s, and the huge hit of Vagabond, based on the novel Musashi Miyamoto.
In particular, SLAM DUNK marked an astounding circulation of 120 million copies in 31 volumes, and even when the new, restructured edition was released in 2018, it ranked at the top of the charts every time, beating out many new titles.
It’s a shame that the Vagabond series has languished for so many years.
・Major Works
SLAM DUNK（1990-1996）
Vagabond（1998-）
Real（1999-）
No.8：Hujio Akatuka
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He is the father of gag manga in Japan.
Both “Osomatsu-kun” and “Tensai Bakabon” created a huge boom and the popular phrases “Shay” and “This is it” were coined.
Osomatsu-kun is also famous for the mega-hit anime “Osomatsu-san,” which depicts the lives of the six children in the 2010s.
In addition to his gag manga, he is also the original creator of “Himitsu no Akko-chan,” the original anime in which a girl transforms herself, and is an uncanny genius who has had a great influence on Japanese manga and anime.
・Major Works
Osomatsu-kun（1962-1969）
Himitsu no Akko-chan（1962-1965）
Tensai Bakabon （1967-1991）
Mooretsu Atarou （1967-1970）
