Omph...this is tough to find five. I can only truly agree on two without any debate:

Urasawa Naoki
Adachi Mitsuru

Nihei is close but I admit I don't understand his work well enough. Just the art.

just for the clearification, is that a yes for nihei or not?
( just to keep the score straight )

It's a no for now.

hmmm, somehow this thread didn*t get a lot of attention. Silnet? NeoShweaty? Manick? deathgod? where are the usual suspects?

ill toss 2 cents in.

My top five is as follows:
Morikawa Jyoji of Hajime no Ippo fame
Miura Kentaro of Berserk fame
Takehiko Inoue of Real, Slam Dunk and Vagabond fame
Eiichiro Oda of One Piece fame
Adachi Mitsuru of H2, Katsu!, Rough, Cross Game and others fame (this one is a relatively new one in this list but H2 puts it over the top)

whats the "fame" at the end of each sentence mean?

Quote from bully_jesus

whats the "fame" at the end of each sentence mean?

Used in this since, it means what the person is known for.

one never stops to learn

I'm glad to see Urasawa Naoki show up that often. Anyhow,

Urasawa Naoki (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto)
Reiko Shimizu (Magic, Kaguya Hime)
Azuma Kiyohiko (Azumanga, 😀 )

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Well.....define Mangaka

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mangaka=manga artist

KEN AKAMATSU IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!

then i don't know any

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[color=red]Star Trek XI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZiR-NETDr0[/color]

Arakawa Hiromu
Kishimoto Masashi
Natsuki Takaya
Akamatsu Ken
Kubo Tite

Adachi
FUJISHIMA Kosuke
SEO Kouji
AKAMATSU Ken
MINAMI Kanan