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Takeshi Obata is a Japanese mangaka, illustrator, screenwriter, and artist. Born in Niigata, Japan, on 11 February 1969, he began his work period in 1985. His notable works include Hikaru no Go, DEATH NOTE アナザーノ, エル チェンジ ザ ワールド, and All You Need Is Kill. He speaks Chinese and is represented in the National Museum of World Cultures collection.
Obata has authored 182 works and is referenced by 336 other encyclopedia articles. He is also known under the name 小畑健, written in kana as おばた たけし. His height is 1.85. Social media data indicates he has 15710 followers, while Last.fm records 7 listeners and 54 playcounts for his name.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 11 February 1969
- Works
- 182
Top works
- DEATH NOTE アナザーノ
- DEATH NOTE アナザーノ
- エル チェンジ ザ ワールド
- All You Need Is Kill 1
- All You Need Is Kill Manga #1-2
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Film & TV
Writing · Niigata, Japan
Takeshi Obata first achieved international recognition as the artist of Hikaru no Go. He went on to illustrate Death Note as well as the manga Bakuman and All You Need Is Kill.
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 54
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Takeshi+Obata">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- A new hybrid exchange–correlation functional using the Coulomb-attenuating method (CAM-B3LYP)
· 2004 · cited 14,299x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1969-02-11 ) February 11, 1969 (age 57) , Niigata , Niigata Prefecture , Japan
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Areas
- Manga artist illustrator
- Notable works
- Hikaru no Go Death Note Bakuman Platinum End
- Collaborators
- Yumi Hotta Tsugumi Ohba
- Awards
- Tezuka Award (1985) Shogakukan Manga Award (1999) Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2003) Eagle Award (2008)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Niigata
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Height
- 1.85
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- topic's main category
- Category:Takeshi Obata
- date of birth
- 1969-02-11
- name in kana
- おばた たけし
- name in native language
- 小畑健
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
- social media followers
- 14165
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Takeshi Obata (小畑 健, Obata Takeshi; born February 11, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1999–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame, Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki, and Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Takeshi Obata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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