Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-04-05 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Aichi, Japan
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 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
Acting
2016
1985
1984
Writing
2024
2023
2022
2018
2017
2015
2013
2011
2010
2009
2008
1999
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1981
Art
2007
1996
Visual Effects
2024
2022
2018
2017
1995
1989
1988
1983
Crew
2018
2007
2000
1993
1990
1982
Directing
1988