Naoshi Arakawa

Japanese mangaka
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Naoshi Arakawa

Summary

Naoshi Arakawa is a human[1]. He worked as a mangaka[2], comics creator[3], comics writer[4], and penciller[5]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month, #7,169 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Naoshi Arakawa held citizenship in Japan[7].
  • Naoshi Arakawa worked as a mangaka[2].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's professions included comics creator[3].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's professions included comics writer[4].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's professions included penciller[5].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's field of work was manga[8].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's field of work was comics[9].
  • A notable work attributed to Naoshi Arakawa is Your Lie in April[10].
  • A notable work attributed to Naoshi Arakawa is Farewell, My Dear Cramer[11].
  • Naoshi Arakawa is recorded as male[12].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's family name is recorded as Arakawa[14].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's given name is recorded as Naoshi[15].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Japanese[16].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '新川直司'}[17].
  • Naoshi Arakawa's name in kana is recorded as あらかわ なおし[18].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mangaka[2], comics creator[3], comics writer[4], and penciller[5]. Fields of work include manga[8], a comic format[19], in Japan[20] and comics[9], a type of arts[21].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Your Lie in April[10], a manga series[22] and Farewell, My Dear Cramer[11], a manga series[23].

Why It Matters

Naoshi Arakawa ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month, #7,169 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Works attributed to him include Your Lie in April[25], a manga series[26]; Farewell, My Dear Cramer[27], a manga series[28]; and Sayonara, Football[29], a manga series[30].

FAQs

What did Naoshi Arakawa do for work?

Naoshi Arakawa worked as mangaka[2], comics creator[3], comics writer[4], and penciller[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Family name Arakawa
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    Country of citizenship Japan
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0428860-Arakawa-Naoshi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259490|batch #259490]]"
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