9. Shigeru MIZUKI , a Japanese manga cartoonist

     It is said that youkai as animated characters were spread through Japanese culture by Shigeru Mizuki’s cartoons. Shigeru Mizuki, who was born in 1922 and he lost his left arm in World War II, is a Japanese manga cartoonist, a specialist in stories of yokai. He is considered a master of the genre. He is also known for his World War II memoirs, and his work as a biographer.

     His famous manga is “GeGeGe no Kitaro” that were written in 1965, and it is still popular with every generation. Mizuki has won numerous awards and accolades for his works, especially GeGeGe no Kitaro. It’s about a yōkai boy with a missing left eye and a large number of strange powers, who fights to keep peace between monsters and humans. His father, though dead, reanimated himself as an anthropomorphic version of his own remaining eyeball, and often guides Kitaro by riding around in his hair or empty eye socket.