Akira Toriyama

Akira Toriyama, born on April 5, 1955, in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan, is a

widely known and acclaimed Japanese manga artist known

mostly for his creation of Dragon

Ball in 1984.

He admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art. Jackie Chan's early movies had a noticeable influence on Toriyama's stories.

In 1982, he won the Shogakukan

Manga Award for Dr. Slump for

best shōnen or shōjo manga series of the

year.

He produced 519 chapters, collected into 42 volumes. Each volume has an average of 200 pages. Moreover, the benefit of the manga led to three

anime adaptations, numerous feature-length animated movies, several video games, and mega-merchandising.

Toriyama has also served as the

character designer for the Super Famicom

RPG Chrono Trigger, the fighting game

Tobal No. 1 for the PlayStation (as well as

its sequel, Tobal 2, released only in Japan), and the

Mistwalker Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Blue

Dragon.

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.

In 2009, Toriyama was

commissioned by Avex Trax to draw a portrait

of Japanese singer, Ayumi Hamasaki, it

was printed on the CD of her

single Rule/Sparkle.

Video games (character design)

Dragon Quest series Role-playing game (RPG) series published by Enix

(now Square Enix). Appeared on Nintendo's Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/Super NES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony's PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Wii.

Dragon Quest Monsters series Role-playing game (RPG)

series published by Enix (now Square Enix). Appeared on Nintendo's Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Sony's PlayStation.

Chrono Trigger Role-playing game (RPG) developed by SquareSoft (now Square Enix) for

Nintendo's Super NES. It was relaunched with a few additions for Sony's PlayStation. Toriyama appeared in an alternate ending to the game along with all the other developers; the game is now also available for the Nintendo DS in Japan, North America, and Europe.

Tobal No. 1 and Tobal 2 Fighting games for Sony's PlayStation developed

by SquareSoft (now Square Enix).

Blue Dragon Role-playing game (RPG) for Microsoft's Xbox 360 developed by Artoon for

Mistwalker studio based on a design by Final Fantasy originator Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Dragon Ball Online An MMORPG based on the manga Dragon Ball. He has worked

on designs for the game for the last five years.

Children's books

Toccio the AngelBIOSPHERE

Awawa World 1977 UnpublishedWonder Island 1978-1979 2 One-shotsToday's Highlight Island 1979 One-shotTomato 1979 One-shot

Hetappi 1982 1 tankōbon, drawing lesson - Co-author: Akira Sakuma

Dr. Slump 1980-1985 18 tankōbon, kanzenbanEscape 1981 One-shotPola & Roid 1981 One-shotPink 1982 One-shotMad Matic 1982 One-shot

Chobit 19832 One-shots, This is not to be confused with the later Chobits, by Clamp

Dragon Boy 1983 2 One-shotsTongpoo 1983 One-shotAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.1 1983 1 tankōbon

Dragon Ball 1984-199542 tankōbon, later reassembled into 34 kanzenban special editions

Mr. Ho 1986 One-shot

Lady Red 1987 4 one-shots, adult gag manga

Kennosuke-sama 1987 One-shotSonchoh 1987 One-shotMamejiro 1988 One-shotAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.2 1988 1 tankōbon

Karamaru 1989 One-shotWolf 1990 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-shotsChotto Kaettekita Dr. Slump 1994-1997 4 slim tankōbonTokimecha 1996 One-shotAlien X-Peke 1997 One-shotBubul 1997 One-shotAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.3 1997 1 tankōbon

Cowa! 1997-1998 1 tankōbonCashman Saving Soldier/New Cashman Saving Soldier 1998 1 tankōbon

Tahi Mahi 1998 1 tankōbonKajika 1998 1 tankōbon

Neko Majin 1999-2005 5 one-shots, 1 tankōbon/kanzenban

Hyowtam 2000

One-shot drawn entirely on a computer in E-Jump, a special edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump focusing on electronics.

Sand Land 2000 1 tankōbonBitch's Life 2001 1 illustrationKochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

2006 One-shot, omake

Cross Epoch 2006 One-shot, with Eiichiro Oda

Dr. Mashirito Abale-chan 2007 One-shot in Monthly Shōnen Jump

Sachi-chan Gū!! 2008 One-shot in Jump SQ., art by Masakazu Katsura

Jiya 2009-2010 3 One-shots in Young Jump, art by Masakazu Katsura