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Akira TORIYAMA

鳥山 明
Family name (in kanji): 鳥山
Given name (in kanji): 明
Date of birth: 1955-04-05
Hometown: Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan
Chronology:
(1955-04) Born
(1974) School of Art
(1977) Quit school of Art
(1978) Akira's first manga, Wonder Island
(1979) created manga Highlight Island
(1980) Toriyama's first big hit, Dr. Slump
(1985) created Dragon Ball
(1987-04) His son Sasuke was born.
(1990-10) His daughter was born.
Blood type: A
Favorites:
Animated movie: 101 Dalmations
Character of his own: Piccolo
Dragon Ball Movie: Bardock, The Father of Goku
Jackie Chan movies
Movie: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Myst computer game
Non-anime staff credits:
Character Design for "Chrono Trigger" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest II" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest III" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest IV" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest IX" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest V" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest VI" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest VII" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest VIII" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest X" (VG)
Character Design for "Dragon Quest" (VG)
Character Designer for "Blue Dragon" (VG)
Character Designer for "Dragon Power(Dragonball NES)" (VG)
Character Designer for "Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime" (DS game, 2006)
Character Designer for "Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey" (GBC game+PS port, 2001)
Character Designer for "Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure" (GBC game + PS port, 2001)
Character Designer for "Dragon Warrior Monsters" (GBC game, 1999)
Character Designer for "Tobal 2" (VG)
Character Designer for "Tobal No. 1" (VG)
Creator & Artist for "Go Go Ackman" (Manga)
News: Show:
Dragon Ball: Battle of Gods Film's New Footage Aired (Mar 28, 2013)
Toei Aims for 3 Billion Yen for 2013 Dragon Ball Z Film (Mar 24, 2013)
2013 Dragon Ball Film Ads Highlight Battle, Shokotan (Mar 24, 2013)
2013 Dragon Ball Film's TV Ad Has Voice Cameo by Cell (Mar 21, 2013)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Film's 2nd Ad Aired (Mar 17, 2013)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Film's IMAX Ad Streamed (Mar 12, 2013)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' 2nd Full Trailer Streamed (Feb 27, 2013)
Akira Toriyama Wins Anniversary Award at France's Angoulême (Feb 4, 2013)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' Full Trailer Streamed (Updated) (Dec 12, 2012)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Film's Latest Footage Aired (Dec 7, 2012)
Dragon Ball Z Kai's Japanese Cast Records New Episodes (Nov 6, 2012)
2013 Dragon Ball Z Film's Full Teaser & English Site Posted (Aug 7, 2012)
New Dragon Ball Film Set Between 517th & 518th Manga Chapters (Jul 14, 2012)
Akira Toriyama, Toei Make Dragon Ball Z Film Next March (Jul 10, 2012)
Dragon Ball Manga Gets New Film Adaptation (Jul 10, 2012)
Dragonball Z Debut, Plus Welcome to the Space Show on Monday (Jul 1, 2012)
Manga UK Announces U.K. DVD Release of Dragonball Z from July 2 (Updated) (Mar 28, 2012)
Dragon Ball GT Premieres on U.S. TV's Nicktoons Today (Jan 16, 2012)
U.S. TV's Nicktoons to Run Dragon Ball GT in January (Dec 15, 2011)
Manga UK: Pulled Dragon Ball Box Ad Is Not True (Oct 25, 2011)
Kodansha Comics Panel with Hiro Mashima (Oct 14, 2011)
Weekly Wrapup 4/Sep - 10/Sep (Sep 13, 2011)
JManga Site Launches with Works Never Printed in U.S. (Aug 17, 2011)
Manhwa-Based Priest Opens at #4 with US$14.5 Million (May 15, 2011)
Anime/Manga/Game Industry Members Check In After Quake (Mar 11, 2011)
Seattle's Sakura-Con Hosts Manga Creator Atsushi Suzumi (Mar 11, 2011)
Toei Replaces Possibly Infringing Dragon Ball Kai Music (Mar 10, 2011)
Neuro to Stream on VizAnime.com Starting February 18 (Jan 26, 2011)
Dragon Ball SD Manga Spinoff to Be Printed in December (Nov 18, 2010)
CLAMP's 1-Shot Gate 7 Manga to Appear in Jump Square (Sep 30, 2010)
Shonen Jump to Run 1-Shots by 6 'Legendary' Creators (Sep 14, 2010)
Dragon Ball Z Kai Premieres on Toonzai on Saturday (Aug 13, 2010)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, July 18-24 (Jul 30, 2010)
Dragon Ball Z Kai Debuts on U.S.'s Nicktoons Tonight (May 24, 2010)
James Wong to Remake Manga-Based Thriller Neighbor No. 13 (May 14, 2010)
Dragon Ball Z Kai to Air on TheCW4Kids on Saturdays (Apr 26, 2010)
Naruto is 5th Shueisha Manga with 100 Million+ Copies in Print (Update 2) (Apr 26, 2010)
Nicktoons Streams 5 Dragon Ball Z Kai Clips (Apr 11, 2010)
U.S.'s Nicktoons TV Adds Dragon Ball Z Kai in May (Update 2) (Mar 11, 2010)
Funimation Announces Dragon Ball Z Kai's English Cast (Feb 14, 2010)
Navarre Reveals Funimation's Dragon Ball Kai License (Feb 2, 2010)
Dragon Ball's Toriyama, DNA²'s Katsura to Launch Jiya Manga (Update 2) (Dec 1, 2009)
Shueisha, Microsoft Reveal Details on Phone Manga Sales (Nov 12, 2009)
Aya Hirano to Sing Dragon Ball Kai Character Song (Sep 15, 2009)
Frogman's Flash Anime Honors Bakabon Creator Akatsuka (Aug 27, 2009)
Dragon Ball Online MMORPG's New Trailer Video Posted (Aug 24, 2009)
Aya Hirano, Satomi Satou Play Roles in Dragon Ball Kai (Aug 10, 2009)
San Diego Comic-Con International 2009 - Viz Anime and Manga (Jul 24, 2009)
Shonen Jump Posts Kagijin, Anedoki Manga in English (Jul 21, 2009)
Namco Bandai Gets N. American Dragon Ball Game Rights (Jul 4, 2009)
Dragonball Drops Out of Top 10 at U.S. Box Office (Apr 19, 2009)
Dragonball Evolution Opens at #8 with US$4.8 Million (Update 2) (Apr 12, 2009)
Manga Nominated for 2009 Eisner Awards (Apr 7, 2009)
8 Live-Action Dragonball Movie Clips Posted Online (Apr 7, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, March 28-29 (Apr 6, 2009)
Japan's Anime, Game Studios Celebrate April Fool's Day (Update 7) (Mar 31, 2009)
Live-Action Dragonball Clips Posted by MTV (Mar 26, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, March 22-23 (Mar 26, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, March 14-15 (Mar 17, 2009)
Live-Action Dragonball Opens at #1 in 5 Asian Markets (Mar 16, 2009)
Toei Confirms Dragon Ball Kai is Edited to Follow Manga (Mar 2, 2009)
Blue Dragon's 1st Episode Also Posted on Xbox Live for Free (Feb 26, 2009)
Blue Dragon's 1st Episode Posted on iTunes for Free (Feb 24, 2009)
Japan's Remastered DBZ to Be Called Dragon Ball Kai (Feb 19, 2009)
Justin Chatwin: Dragonball Film Sequel Already Written (Feb 18, 2009)
Akira Toriyama Comments on Live-Action Dragonball Film (Feb 8, 2009)
Dragon Ball Z to Rerun on Japanese TV in HD in April (Feb 6, 2009)
Dragonball's Toriyama Sketches Ayumi Hamasaki as Goku (Feb 3, 2009)
U.S. Dragonball Film Site Launches with Updated Trailer (Jan 15, 2009)
Bandai Remakes Complete Dragon Ball 1988-1990 Card Set (Jan 4, 2009)
New DB, Tegami Bachi, Romance Dawn Anime DVD Offered (Dec 22, 2008)
Online Retailers List New Manga, Books in 2009 (Dec 21, 2008)
English Dragonball: Evolution Trailer Officially Posted (Dec 10, 2008)
Ayumi Hamasaki to Sing Live-Action Dragonball's Theme Song (Dec 10, 2008)
Otaku Comic Tsuchida Declined Dragonball Film Role (Dec 5, 2008)
New Dragon Ball, Tegami Bachi Anime Now Streaming (Nov 23, 2008)
Japan's Jump Festa to Preview Dragonball Film Footage (Nov 20, 2008)
Live-Action Dragonball Pushed Up to April 8 in U.S. (Nov 11, 2008)
New Dragon Ball, Tegami Bachi Anime to Be Streamed (Oct 31, 2008)
More Filming Scheduled for Live-Action Dragonball Film (Oct 22, 2008)
Dragonball Theatrical Trailer Pushed to Later in 2008 (Oct 7, 2008)
Bulma's Emmy Rossum Discusses Live-Action Dragonball (Sep 20, 2008)
Rear View of Live-Action Dragonball's Piccolo Previewed (Sep 9, 2008)
Purported Dragonball Trailer Screenshots Posted (Sep 2, 2008)
1st Live-Action Dragonball Poster with Son Goku Posted (Jul 19, 2008)
Chrono Trigger with Toriyama Designs Announced for DS (Jul 3, 2008)
Jump Super Tour's Anime Lineup Announced in Japan (Jun 8, 2008)
Viz to Ship Anniversary Shonen Jump, Naruto Kids' Novels (Jun 2, 2008)
Japan's Roadshow Mag Shows 5 Dragonball Actors on Set (Update 2) (May 22, 2008)
First Color Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku (May 15, 2008)
First Image of Live-Action Dragonball's Goku Published (May 12, 2008)
New York Comic Con - Viz Media (Apr 19, 2008)
Blue Dragon, Moribito to Run on America's Cartoon Network (Mar 28, 2008)
Live-Action Dragonball's April 8, 2009 Date Confirmed (Mar 27, 2008)
Live-Action Dragonball Film Wraps Shooting in Mexico (Mar 22, 2008)
Daily Links of the Day: Ponyo, ADV in UK, Appleseed (Mar 12, 2008)
New Blue Dragon, N.Y. Salad, My Melody Anime Planned (Mar 10, 2008)
Dragonball Movie Reportedly Pushed Back to April 2009 (Mar 5, 2008)
Oricon: Nana's Yazawa, DB's Toriyama are Most Popular (Mar 4, 2008)
Bokurano's Kitoh to Draw One-Shot Manga in Jump Square (Mar 3, 2008)
America's Cartoon Network to Run Blue Dragon This Spring (Feb 29, 2008)
Dragonball Online RPG's Promo, Gameplay Videos Posted (Feb 17, 2008)
Electronic Dragonball Scouter, Wristbands Revealed (Feb 11, 2008)
DB's Toriyama, I''s Katsura to Team Up on 1-Shot Manga (Feb 5, 2008)
Randall Duk Kim to Play Dragonball's Grandpa Gohan (Jan 30, 2008)
Viz to Print Cat Eyed Boy, Black Lagoon, Tanemura Works (Jan 24, 2008)
New Live-Action Dragon Ball Set Photos Leaked (Jan 16, 2008)
Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece to Enter Second Life (Dec 21, 2007)
Chow Yun-Fat Comments on Dragonball Film in Newspaper (Dec 20, 2007)
Chow Yun-Fat Joins Dragonball Movie as Master Roshi (Dec 19, 2007)
Report: Chow Tried to Get Edison Chen, Kitty Zhang in DB (Dec 18, 2007)
Live-Action Dragonball Film Casts Bulma, Mai, Yamcha (Dec 16, 2007)
Dragonball Live-Action Film Casts Jamie Chung as Chi Chi (Dec 6, 2007)
Dragon Ball Movie to Film This Year for 2008 Release (Nov 14, 2007)
Heroes' Lee Auditions for Dragon Ball Z Movie (Nov 11, 2007)
Bandai America to Return to Making Dragon Ball Z Toys (Oct 31, 2007)
801 Media Schedules New Boys-Love Titles for 2008 (Jul 19, 2007)
Blue Dragon to be Toriyama's Final Anime? (Mar 28, 2007)
Dragon Ball Online (MMO) To Be Released in 2008 (Mar 20, 2007)
Dragonball 20th Anniversary (Aug 10, 2005)
Toriyama to work on Xbox 360 game (May 17, 2005)
Akira Toriyama Car (Jan 31, 2005)
"Shonen Jump Day" Flyer on Shonen Jump Website (Dec 5, 2002)
Akira Toriyama To Appear At Shonen Jump Launch Party (Dec 2, 2002)
New Dragonball Series? (Oct 5, 2002)
Shonen Jump #1 Contents (Oct 3, 2002)
Shounen Jump Contest (Aug 1, 2002)
Shounen Jump Exposed (Jul 30, 2002)
Viz July Manga (Apr 10, 2002)
Live Action Dragonball (Mar 12, 2002)
New Magazine to reprint entire Dragonball series (Jan 25, 2002)
Shounen Jump Founder and Editor-In-Chief Passes Away (Nov 28, 2001)
Viz February Comic Releases (Nov 20, 2001)
January Viz Manga Releases (Nov 11, 2001)
January Manga Releses (Oct 31, 2001)
Viz Press Release Extravaganza! (Jun 5, 2001)
Cat beats up Saiyajin (May 7, 2001)
Toriyama 1-shot Manga Update (Apr 25, 2001)
Viz Press Release: August Manga (Apr 21, 2001)
2001 Tezuka Award Nominees are in (Mar 17, 2001)
Viz June Press Release (Feb 24, 2001)
Viz PR for May '01 (Jan 21, 2001)
Toriyama.org returns... sort of. (Jan 18, 2001)
Viz Graphic Novels (Jan 11, 2001)
Viz April Releases (Dec 22, 2000)
5th Tezuka Osamu Bunka-sho awards (Nov 21, 2000)
Releases from Viz (Nov 2, 2000)
Viz explains censorship in Dragonball Manga (Aug 22, 2000)
Viz Items Shipping in October (Jun 21, 2000)
Viz announces new comics, videos (Nov 10, 1998)
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Hey, Answerman! - The Dying Breeds (May 27, 2011)
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Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Immortal Rain (Nov 4, 2010)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga: Monster Collection (Jun 18, 2010)
The X Button - Shadow Run (Jun 9, 2010)
The X Button - Strange Days (Nov 4, 2009)
Astro Toy with Rob Bricken: Dragonball Evolution (Apr 19, 2009)
The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide - Casey Brienza (Apr 4, 2009)
The Spring 2009 Anime Preview Guide - Carlo Santos (Apr 3, 2009)
On the Set: Dragonball Evolution - Interview with Mayes Rubeo (Apr 1, 2009)
The X Button - Misfit Joys (Dec 17, 2008)
The Gallery - Alexander Shen (Nov 29, 2008)
The X Button - Only Shallow (Nov 19, 2008)
The X Button - Fields of Fire (Oct 29, 2008)
The X Button - Complete Control (Oct 8, 2008)
The X Button - Blown Away (Aug 20, 2008)
Hey, Santaman! (Dec 21, 2007)
Hey, Answerman! (Aug 17, 2007)
Ms. Answerman and the World of Tomorrow (Sep 3, 2004)
2004 April Fools Jokes (Apr 1, 2004)
Tankobon Tower - Groundhog Day Goodness (Feb 5, 2004)
Theatrical Anime (Jan 22, 2004)
Ima, kore ga hoshiin da! - What's Next to Love? (Jun 10, 2003)
Shelf Life - Wine and Revelry (May 2, 2003)
Ima, kore ga hoshiin da! - Ninjas and Clubs (Jan 23, 2003)
Ima, kore ga hoshiin da! - I Want It, Manga Style! (Dec 31, 2002)
The Month in Review - July 2002 (Aug 7, 2002)
The Month in Review - June 2002 (Jul 13, 2002)
Anime Online - Third Time's the Charm! (Sep 17, 2001)
Answerman: Use the Pants, Zac, Use the Pants! (May 8, 2001)
Answerman: Licensed to Broadcast (Apr 22, 2001)
Answerman: It's What's For Breakfast! (Mar 25, 2001)
Answerman: My Friend Said... (Mar 15, 2001)
Toriyama.org Stolen! (Jan 10, 2001)
Welcome to 2001 (Jan 4, 2001)
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Blue Dragon (TV) : Original Character Design
Blue Dragon ST (manga) : Original Character Design
Blue Dragon: Trials of the Seven Shadows (TV) : Original Character Design
Chrono Trigger (OAV) : Art
Cowa! (manga) : Story & Art
Cross Epoch (manga) : Story & Art
Crusher Joe: The Movie : Special Guest Designer (MAX 310)
Dr. Slump (manga) : Story & Art
Dr. Slump (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump (TV) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump (TV 2) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hello! Fushigi Jima (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hoyoyo! Nanaba Shiro no Hihou (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hoyoyo! Sekai Issuu Dai Race (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hoyoyo! Yume no To Mecha Police (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hoyoyo!! Tasuketa Same ni Tsurerarete. . . (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Penguin Mura wa Hare no chi Hare (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Penguin Mura yori Ai o Komete (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Wakuwaku Hot Natsu Yasumi (movie) : Original Manga
Dr. Slump - Arale no Bikkuriman (movie) : Original Manga
Dragon Ball (manga) : Story & Art
Dragon Ball (TV) : Original creator
Dragon Ball GT (TV) : Original creator
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (special) : Original creator
Dragon Ball Movie 1: Curse of the Blood Rubies : Original Manga
Dragon Ball Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle : Original Manga
Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure : Original Manga
Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power : Original Manga
Dragon Ball Z (TV) : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Kai (TV) : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 10: Broly - Second Coming : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 11: Bio-Broly : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 12: Fusion Reborn : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: Dead Zone : Original story
Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest : Original story
Dragon Ball Z Movie 3: The Tree of Might : Original story
Dragon Ball Z Movie 4: Lord Slug : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 5: Cooler's Revenge : Original Manga
Dragon Ball Z Movie 6: Return of Cooler : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13 : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 8: The Legendary Super Saiyan : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Movie 9: Bojack Unbound : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku : Original Manga
Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks : Original author
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (movie) : Original creator
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Destroy the Saiyajin (OAV) : Original creator
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (manga) : Original creator, Supervision
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (special) : Original creator
Dragon Ball: Goku's Fire Fighting Regiment (special) : Original creator
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (OAV) : Original creator
Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son Goku and Friends!! (ONA) : Original creator
Dragon Warrior (TV) : Original Character Design
Dragonball: Evolution (live-action movie) : Original creator
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Chō Collaboration Special!! : Original creator ("Dragon Ball")
Go! Go! Ackman (manga) : Story & Art
Go! Go! Ackman (OAV) : Original creator
Gokū no Kōtsū Anzen (special) : Original creator
Kajika (manga) : Story & Art
Kennosuke-sama (movie) : Original Manga, Design
Kuso Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy (TV) : Mecha design
Neko Majin Z (manga) : Story & Art
Pink Mizu Dorobou Ame Dorobou (movie) : Original Manga, Character Design, Design
Sand Land (manga) : Story & Art
Toriyama Akira Marusaku Gekijō (manga) : Story & Art
Wonder Island (manga) : Story & Art

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