Hiroya Oku

Japanese manga artist
Person human Q2608898
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Hiroya Oku

Summary

Hiroya Oku is a human[1]. Born in Fukuoka[2], he… he was born on September 16, 1967[3]. He worked as a mangaka[4] and screenwriter[5]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,536 views/month, #7,134 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Hiroya Oku was born in Fukuoka[2].
  • Hiroya Oku was born on September 16, 1967[3].
  • Hiroya Oku held citizenship in Japan[7].
  • Hiroya Oku worked as a mangaka[4].
  • Hiroya Oku worked as a screenwriter[5].
  • Hiroya Oku is recorded as male[8].
  • Hiroya Oku's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Hiroya Oku's family name is recorded as Oku[10].
  • Hiroya Oku's given name is recorded as Hiroya[11].
  • Hiroya Oku's pseudonym is recorded as 久遠矢広[12].
  • Hiroya Oku's official website is recorded as http://studiooku.zombie.jp/[13].
  • Hiroya Oku's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Japanese[14].
  • Hiroya Oku's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '奥浩哉'}[15].
  • Hiroya Oku's name in kana is recorded as おく ひろや[16].
  • Hiroya Oku's copyright status as a creator is recorded as works protected by copyrights[17].
  • Hiroya Oku's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+90382'}[18].
  • Hiroya Oku's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+116084'}[19].
  • Hiroya Oku's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+137782'}[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[21]

  • Country: JP[22]

  • Began / founded: 1967-09-16[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f3707710-8c95-44bd-9a21-20b58f0fa258[24]

Body

Origins and Family

Born in Fukuoka[2], Hiroya Oku… he was born on September 16, 1967[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include mangaka[4] and screenwriter[5].

Why It Matters

Hiroya Oku ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,536 views/month, #7,134 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Works attributed to him include Gigant[27], a manga series[28]; Gantz[29], a manga series[30]; Inuyashiki[31], a manga series[32]; Hen[33], a manga series[34]; and Me-teru no Kimochi[35], a manga series[36].

FAQs

Where was Hiroya Oku born?

Hiroya Oku was born in Fukuoka[2].

What did Hiroya Oku do for work?

Hiroya Oku worked as mangaka[4] and screenwriter[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . BD Gest'. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . 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. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Place of birth Fukuoka
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    Overdrive creator id 1062726
    Bibsys id 1671431693168
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