List of Highest Paid Manga-ka

Anime News Network has reprinted a list of the highest paid manga creators in Japan, as compiled by the Japanese Comic Fan magazine and based upon the artist’s reported annual income tax. The annual earnings reported below are estimates.

Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura) 616 million yen
Takemasa Aoyama (Detective Conan) 446 million yen
Masami Kurumada (St. Seiya) 234 million yen
Osamu Akimoto (“Kochikame”) 142 million yen
Fujio Akatsuka (Tensai Bakabon) 136 million yen
Naoki Urasawa (Yawara) 127 million yen
Mitsuki Yokoyama (Tetsujin 28) 105 million yen
Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaa) 93 million yen
Takashi Yanase (Anpanman) 86 million yen
Akira Miyashita (Aizouban) 84 million yen
Masatoshi Kawahara (Shura no Mon) 84 million yen
Shinji Mizushima (Dokaben) 83 million yen
Yukari Umezawa (Hikaru no Go) 62 million yen
Kenshi Hirokane (Kacho Shima Kosaku) 59 million yen
Mitsuru Adachi (Touch) 59 million yen
Mitsuru Yaku (Shousei wa Geitsukkun) 43 million yen
Kaiji Kawaguchi (Silent Service, Eagle) 41 million yen