TORIYAMA Akira
Associated Names
Bird Studio
Акира Торияма (Russian)
आकिरा तोरियामा
とりやまあきら (Hiragana)
乌山明 (Chinese)
鸟山明 (Chinese 2)
토리야마 아키라
Name (in native language)
鳥山明
Birth Place
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Birth Date
April 5, 1955
Zodiac
Aries
Last Updated
June 1st, 2024 6:58pm PDT - 6 months ago
Status
Deceased
Date of Death
March 1, 2024
Comments
Creator of the legendary Dragon Ball that would inspire late 90s and 2000s generation of Shonen mangaka.
He was working as graphic designer at a small advertising firm in Nagoya for two and a half years before participated in a contest by Shonen Jump in 1977. He submitted a gag manga because the prize money was the same while had fewer pages. He initially wanted to submit his work to Shonen Magazine but didn’t meet the deadline.
Married shoujo mangaka MIKAMI Nachi in 1982.
Close friends with fellow mangaka KATSURA Masakazu. TANAZONO Shoichi once went to his house and meet him.
He only employed one assistant on every serialization, which usually assisting on drawing backgrounds. His assistants were TANAKA Hisashi & MATSUYAMA Takashi. Tanaka was his assistant on first half of Dr. Slump, while Matsuyama was on the second half and during entire Dragon Ball. From the 2010s his main collaborators on Dragon Ball manga are Toyotarou & OOISHI Naho.
Toriyama once had a meeting with SAKUMA Akira and TAKAHASHI Rumiko about a collaboration, but it seems ended up with Takahashi not participated in the joint project.
Received the 27th Shogakukan Manga Award in Shounen and Shoujo Category for Dr. Slump in 1981.
Received the 4th Japan Media Arts Festival Interactive Category Grand Prize for Dragon Quest VII Warriors of Eden in 2000.
Dragon Ball placed 3rd in 100 selections of Japanese Media Art in 2006.
French government’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres knighted Toriyama & Nagai Go for their contributions to the arts in 2019.
Passed away on March 1, 2024 of an acute subdural hematoma, at the age of 68.
Blood Type
A
Gender
Male
Genres
Total Series
27
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Series Title (Click for series info) Genre
Adventure, Comedy, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Slice of Life
1994
Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life
2006
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen, Supernatural
1997
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
2006
Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Slice of Life
1980
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2007
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
1984
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2011
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2015
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2010
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
2016
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2015
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2009
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2013
Action, Comedy, Sci-fi, Seinen
2009
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen
1998
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi, Seinen
2014
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
2010
Comedy, Ecchi, Mature, Seinen
1987
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
2005
Comedy, Seinen, Slice of Life
1989
Action, Comedy, Sci-fi, Shounen
2008
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen
2000
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
1983
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