Top 10 Best Selling Manga in Japan, 2019
A market research company Oricon published the top 10 ranking of best-selling manga in 2019 (survey period: from 2018 Nov. 19 to 2019 Nov. 17). Surprisingly "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" series which were not listed in the 2018 ranking jumped up to the top. This year, the anime of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" was aired, and after that its manga sales is increasing rapidly. All of books (volume 1- 17) are listed in the top 50 books ranking (please see below).
The long term champion "ONE PIECE" series dropped to the second place. However, in terms of the ranking by book (by volume), "ONE PIECE" won first place for 12 consecutive years.
Tasble: Top 10 Best Selling Manga by Series, 2019
Rank |
Series Title |
Series Title | 2019 Sales (copies) | Author | Publisher |
1 | 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 12,057,628 | Koyoharu Gotoge | Shueisha |
2 | ONE PIECE | ONE PIECE | 10,134,232 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha |
3 | キングダム | Kingdom | 7,661,361 | Yasuhisa Hara | Shueisha |
4 | 約束のネバーランド | The Promised Neverland | 7,454,745 | Story: Kaiu Shirai, Art: Posuka Demizu | Shueisha |
5 | 五等分の花嫁 | The Quintessential Quintuplets | 5,895,000 | Negi Haruba | Kodansha |
6 | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | My Hero Academia | 5,047,574 | Kohei Horikoshi | Shueisha |
7 | 進撃の巨人 | Attack on Titan | 4,704,234 | Hajime Isayama | Kodansha |
8 | ハイキュー!! | Haikyū!! | 4,514,838 | Haruichi Furudate | Shueisha |
9 | かぐや様は告らせたい | Kaguya-sama: Love Is War | 4,096,492 | Aka Akasaka | Shueisha |
10 | 転生したらスライムだった件 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 3,414,482 | Story: Fuse, Art: Mitz Vah | Kodansha |
source is oricon.
The following is the ranking of 50 best selling manga books in 2019.
No.1
ONE PIECE 91
No.2
ONE PIECE 93
No.3
ONE PIECE 92
No.4
ONE PIECE 94
No. 5
Attack on Titan 27
No. 6
Attack on Titan 28
No. 7
Attack on Titan 29
No. 8
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 17
No. 9
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 16
No. 10
Kingdom 53
No. 11
Kingdom 54
No. 12
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 15
No. 13
My Hero Academia 21
No. 14
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 14
No. 15
Kingdom 55
No. 16
The Promised Neverland 12
No. 17
My Hero Academia 22
No. 18
The Promised Neverland 14
No. 19
Haikyū!! 35
No. 20
One-Punch Man 18
No. 21
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 13
No. 22
March Comes in Like a Lion 14
No. 23
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 1
No. 24
My Hero Academia 23
No. 25
The Promised Neverland 15
No. 26
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 8
No.27
Haikyū!! 36
No. 28
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 7
No. 29
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 9
No. 30
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2
No.31
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 10
No. 32
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 12
No. 33
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 11
No. 34
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 3
No. 35
The Promised Neverland 13
No. 36
One-Punch Man 19
No. 37
My Hero Academia 24
No. 38
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 3
No. 39
Case Closed 96, also known as Detective Conan 96
No. 40
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 5
No. 41
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 6
No. 42
Haikyū!! 37
No. 43
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 10
No. 44
The Quintessential Quintuplets 8
No. 45
The Quintessential Quintuplets 7
No. 46
The Quintessential Quintuplets 9
No. 47
One-Punch Man 20
No. 48
Haikyū!! 38
No. 49
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 11
No. 50
The Quintessential Quintuplets 10
Source is Oricon. www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/53961/6/
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1986 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1987 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1988 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
1989 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1990 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1992 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1993 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1994 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1995 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
1996 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1997 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1998 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1999 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
2000 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
2001 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
2002 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
2003 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
2004 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
2005 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
2006 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
2007 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
2008 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
2009 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
2010 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
2011 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
2012 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
2013 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
2014 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
2015 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
2016 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
2017 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
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20-24 | 1239 | 65.74 | 145 |
25-29 | 1295 | 67.21 | 148 |
30-34 | 1271 | 68.69 | 151 |
35-39 | 1435 | 68.80 | 152 |
40-44 | 1640 | 69.02 | 152 |
45-49 | 1438 | 69.70 | 154 |
50-54 | 1236 | 69.33 | 153 |
55-59 | 1047 | 68.30 | 151 |
60-64 | 1111 | 66.45 | 146 |
65-69 | 892 | 64.50 | 142 |
70-74 | 892 | 62.64 | 138 |
75-79 | 891 | 61.05 | 135 |
Table 2: Average Weight of Japanese Women, 2018
Age | Number of samples | Average Weight, kg | Average Weight, lb |
20-24 | 934 | 50.87 | 112 |
25-29 | 864 | 50.73 | 112 |
30-34 | 934 | 51.39 | 113 |
35-39 | 1212 | 51.79 | 114 |
40-44 | 1373 | 52.38 | 115 |
45-49 | 1244 | 52.96 | 117 |
50-54 | 1141 | 53.06 | 117 |
55-59 | 1055 | 52.87 | 117 |
60-64 | 1230 | 52.77 | 116 |
65-69 | 895 | 52.47 | 116 |
70-74 | 899 | 51.10 | 113 |
75-79 | 872 | 50.27 | 111 |
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