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TORIYAMA Akira
Japanese Name: 鳥山明
Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Gender: Male
Information for Authors: 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.
Chotto Dake Kaettekita Dr. Slump
Chou Kochikame
Cowa!
Cross Epoch
Dr. Slump
Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball - Episode of Bardock
Dragon Ball Chou
Dragon Ball SD
Dragon Ball Side Story
Dragon Ball Z - Rebirth of F
Dragon Ball: Ossu! Kaette Kita Son Gokū to Nakama-tachi!!
Ginga Patrol Jaco
Jiya
Kajika
Katsura Akira
Kintoki
Lady Red
Neko Majin
Rocky
Sachie-chan Guu!!
SandLand
Toriyama Akira Marusaku Gekijou
Toriyama Akira no Hetappi Manga Kenkyuusho
Wolf