# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takao-saito
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:18:35.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takao-saito"
name: "Takao Saito"
slug: "takao-saito"
description: "Takao Saito  was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga. He was best known for Golgo 13, which has been serialized in Big Comic since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication. Golgo 13 holds the Guinness World Record for \"Most volumes published for a single manga series\" and, in accordance with Saito's wishes, it continues to be serialized following his death from pancreatic cancer in September 2021. Saito won several awards in his 66-year career, including the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon and Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government for his contributions to the arts."
tagline: "Japanese manga artist (1936–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takao_Saito_Gaimu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-11-03"
deathDate: "2021-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.20899066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/saitoproduction"
    handle:    "saitoproduction"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1278275/"
    handle:    "nm1278275"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.saito-pro.co.jp/index.htm"
sources:
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    title: "齊藤隆夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاكاو سايتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito_(mangaka)"
    title: "Takao Saito (mangaka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Takao Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Takao Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%83%BB%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8B%E3%82%92"
    title: "さいとう・たかを"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%86%A0_%ED%83%80%EC%B9%B4%EC%98%A4"
    title: "사이토 타카오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BE_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0)"
    title: "Сайто, Такао (мангака)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2661273"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2449420"
    title: "Takao Saito"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump