Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山 明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating his highly successful manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama is regarded as one of the authors who changed the history of manga, as his works are highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration. He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered to be one of the main reasons for the period when manga circulation was at its highest in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
Known for
WritingBirthday
April 5, 1955Deathday
March 1, 2024Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
54Place of birth
Aichi, JapanAlso known as
鳥山 明, 鸟山明Cast credits
Crew credits
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
NovelDragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
NovelDragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
NovelDragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
NovelDragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
NovelDragon Ball: The Path to Power
NovelDragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
AuthorDr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island
Original StoryDragon Ball: The Magic Begins
CharactersSaving Soldier Cashman
Original StoryGo! Go! Ackman
Original StoryDragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
CharactersDragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
CharactersDragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
CharactersDragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming
CharactersDragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly
CharactersDragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
CharactersDragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
CharactersDragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
CharactersDr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
CreatorDragon Ball Super: Broly
Screenplay, Story, Character Designer