Akira Toriyama
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-04-05 (69 years old)
Deathday
2024-03-01
Place of Birth
Aichi, Japan
Also known As
鳥山 明
آکیرا توریاما
Akira Toriyama
Biography
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 ea...
Acting
1985
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
2016
1984
as Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Production
2015
as Screenplay
1991
as Novel
1989
as Novel
2022
as Screenplay
2022
as Story
1992
1990
1993
as Novel
1988
as Characters
2010
1994
1981
as Original Story
1991
as Characters
1996
as Art Direction
1990
as Characters
1997
as Characters
2023
as Comic Book
1988
as Original Film Writer
1990
as Original Story
1999
as Comic Book
1986
as Comic Book
1988
as Comic Book
2009
as Comic Book
1987
as Comic Book
2017
as Character Designer
1990
as Comic Book
1997
as Original Story
1994
as Original Story
2022
as Character Designer
1992
as Characters
1993
as Characters
2013
as Characters
1994
as Characters
1991
as Characters
1994
as Characters
1990
as Characters
1995
as Characters
1996
as Comic Book
1983
as Mechanical Designer
1982
as Creator
2018
as Screenplay
1984
as Original Series Creator
1985
as Original Series Creator
1990
as Creator
2018
as Story
2018
as Character Designer
2017
as Original Series Creator
2008
as Characters
1993
as Characters
2011
as Characters
2007
as Creator
1988
1994
1988
as Comic Book
1988
as Character Designer
1988
2000
as Creator
1993
2024
as Original Concept
2024
as Story
1995
as Original Series Creator
2024
as Original Concept
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