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Akira Toriyama




  Residence Aichi Prefecture , Japan
  Birth Place Kiyosu , Aichi , Japan
  Occupation Manga Artist
  Spouse YoshimiSpouse listed as "Yoshimi" in ''Dr Slump'' manga, Volume 18
  Children 2 (son and daughter)
  Employer Shueisha , Bird Studio


born on Manga Artist known mostly for his work in the '' Dragon Ball '' Metaseries , as well as the Media Franchise of the Same Name which he began in 1984.


BIOGRAPHY


He debuted in 1979 with the story ''Wonder Island'', published in '' Weekly Shonen Jump '', and first gained popularity for the Manga and Anime series '' Dr. Slump '', originally serialized weekly in ''Shonen Jump'' from 1980 to 1984. In 1982, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for ''Dr. Slump'' per best '' Shōnen '' title of the year.

In 1984, Toriyama was responsible for developing ''Dragon Ball'' which was initially serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Jump''. It became an instant accomplishment—primarily selling over 35,000,000 copies in Japan, Shonen Jump ''Dragon Ball'' eventually became a record-breaking best seller with over 120,000,000 copies sold. Shonen Jump Aside from the Japanese fame, the series was equally successful Internationally as well, including in the United States and Latin America .

Toriyama is mostly acknowledged for his major hit ''Dragon Ball''. This work was one of the linchpins for what is accepted as the Golden Age of ''Jump''. Its success "forced" Toriyama to continue working on ''Dragon Ball'' from 1984 to 1995. During that eleven-year period, he produced 519 chapters, collected into 42 volumes. Each volume has an average of 200 pages. Moreover, the benefit of the manga led to an and Australia by FUNimation .

Toriyama's clean line and design sense led to jobs designing characters for the phenomenally popular '' Dragon Quest '' series of Role-playing Games (formerly called ''Dragon Warrior'' in the United States). Toriyama has also served as the character designer for the Super Famicom RPG '' Chrono Trigger '', and the Fighting Game '' Tobal No. 1 '' for the PlayStation (as well as its sequel, '' Tobal 2 '', released only in Japan), and continues to produce the occasional manga story.

His works after ''Dragon Ball'' tend to be short (100-200 page) stories, including '' Cowa! '', '' Kajika '', and '' Sand Land '', as well as one-shots, like '' Neko Majin ''.

Most recently, he has been the character designer for '''' for the Nintendo Wii , '' Dragon Quest IX '' for the Nintendo DS and '' Dragon Ball Online '', an MMORPG based on the series ''Dragon Ball''.

Toriyama recently worked on a One-shot called '' Cross Epoch '', in cooperation with '' One Piece '' creator Eiichiro Oda . The story is a short Crossover that presents characters from both ''One Piece'' and ''Dragon Ball'' respectively.

The name of Toriyama's studio is ''Bird Studio'', which is a play on his name, meaning "Bird Mountain". 鳥 ''tori'' means "bird" and 山 ''yama'' means "mountain". 明 ''akira'' means "intelligent" or "brightness". Toriyama does almost all of the work in ''Bird Studio''; his assistant does mostly backgrounds. The studio has not been very active over the last few years and has only done occasional one-shots.


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY


Manga


  • ''Awawa World'' (1977, unpublished)

  • ''Wonder Island'' (1978-1979, 2 one-shots)

  • ''Today's Highlight Island'' (1979, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Tomato'' (1979, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Hetappi'' (1982, 1

  • '' Dr. Slump '' (1980-1985, 18 tankōbon, Kanzenban )

  • ''Escape'' (1981, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Pola & Roid'' (1981, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Pink'' (1982, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Mad Matic'' (1982, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Chobit'' (1983, 2 one-shots, This is not to be confused with the later Chobits , drawn by Clamp )

  • '' Dragon Boy '' (1983, 2 one-shots)

  • ''Tongpoo'' (1983, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Toriyama Akira's Manga Theater Vol.1'' (1983, 1 tankōbon)

  • '' Dragon Ball '' (1984-1995, 42 tankōbon, later reassembled into 34 kanzenban special editions)

  • '' Mr. Ho '' (1986, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Lady Red'' (1987, 3 one-shots, adult gag manga)

  • ''Kennosuke'' (1987, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Sonchoh'' (1987, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Mamejiro'' (1988, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Toriyama Akira's Manga Theater Vol.2'' (1988, 1 tankōbon)

  • ''Karamaru'' (1989, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Wolf'' (1990, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Cashman Saving Soldier'' (1991, 3 one-shots - 1998, 1 tankōbon)

  • ''Dub & Peter 1'' (1992, 4 one-shots)

  • '' Go!Go!Ackman '' (1993, 11 one-shots)

  • ''Chotto Kaettekita Dr. Slump'' (1994-1997, 4 slim tankōbon)

  • ''Tokimecha'' (1996, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Alien X-Peke'' (1997, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Bubul'' (1997, 1 one-shot)

  • ''Toriyama Akira's Manga Theater Vol.3'' (1997, 1 tankōbon)

  • '' Cowa! '' (1997-1998, 1 tankōbon)

  • ''Cashman Saving Soldier/New Cashman Saving Soldier'' (1998, 1 tankōbon)

  • ''Tahi Mahi'' (1998, 1 tankōbon)

  • '' Kajika '' (1998, 1 tankōbon)

  • '' Neko Majin '' (1999-2005, 5 one-shots, 1 tankōbon/kanzenban)

  • '' Sand Land '' (2000, 1 tankōbon)

  • '' Kochikame '' (2006, 1 one-shot, Omake )

  • '' Cross Epoch '' (2006, 1 one-shot)



Video games (character design)




Children's books




BLUE DRAGON


Toriyama recently announced that his help with the making of the ''Blue Dragon'' Anime may very well be his final assistance in anime. In his own words, he said:


  NAME Toriyama, Akira
  SHORT DESCRIPTION Manga artist and Video Game character designer, famous for '' Dr Slump '', '' Dragon Ball '', '' Dragon Quest '', '' Chrono Trigger '', and other works
  DATE OF BIRTH 5 April 1955
  PLACE OF BIRTH Kiyosu , Aichi , Japan