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Takayuki Yamaguchi (artist)

Japanese mangaka

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ7677523 ↗
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Takayuki Yamaguchi (山口貴由, Yamaguchi Takayuki; born November 1, 1966, in Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist. He is the creator of Apocalypse Zero and Shigurui.

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The public source identifies “Takayuki Yamaguchi (artist)” as japanese mangaka. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Takayuki, Yamaguchi and artist.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-11-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Takayuki, Yamaguchi and artist providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7677523. VIAF identifies the subject as 184596442. The Library of Congress control number is no2011128705. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966.

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This entry incorporates text from “Takayuki Yamaguchi (artist)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.