Given name: 明
Family name: 鳥山Alternate names: Bird Studio Birthday: Apr 5, 1955 Website: Member Favorites: 14,213 More: Toriyama died from acute subdural hematoma on March 1, 2024, at the age of 68.
Birthplace: Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Children: 1 son and 1 daughter
He debuted in 1979 with the story Wonder Island, published in Weekly Shounen Jump, and first gained popularity for the anime and manga series Dr. Slump, originally serialized weekly in Shounen Jump from 1980 to 1984. In 1982, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Dr. Slump for best shounen/shoujo manga series of the year.
Akira Toriyama's clean line and design sense led to jobs designing characters for the phenomenally popular Dragon Quest series of role-playing games (formerly called Dragon Warrior in North America) since 1986, as well as its second anime adaptation Dragon Warrior: Legend of the Hero Abel which started in December 1989 on Fuji TV. Several Dragon Quest monsters designed by Toriyama make cameo appearances during the preliminaries of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament in Dragon Ball.
Exhibitions of works by Toriyama (Akira Toriyama Exhibition) ad locations in major cities in Japan, and collected more than 400,000 visitors in three years. Toriyama was also the character designer for the Super Famicom, PlayStation, and Nintendo DS RPG Chrono Trigger (1994, 1999, and 2008), the fighting games Tobal No. 1 (1996) and its sequel Tobal 2 (1997) for the PlayStation, as well as the Mistwalker Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Blue Dragon (2006) and its anime adaptation (2008).
Favourites:
Animated Movie: 101 Dalmations
Character of his own: Piccolo
Dragon ball movie: Bardock, The Father of Goku
Movies: Jackie Chan Movies, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Toriyama's studio is called "Bird Studio," which is a play on his name, "tori" meaning "bird."
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add Original Character Design TV, Spring 2007 55043200704070000016.40 |
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add Original Character Design TV, Spring 2008 18186200804050000026.57 |
6.57 18,186 Members |
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OVA, 1997 2072199707290000035.64 |
5.64 2,072 Members |
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add Character Design (ep 43, BEEMAN 500SS) TV, Fall 2012 5723201210020000046.55 |
6.55 5,723 Members |
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add Character Design (MAX 310) Movie, 1983 9270198303120000056.93 |
6.93 9,270 Members |
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TV, Fall 1997 18426199711260000066.99 |
6.99 18,426 Members |
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Movie, 1981 2484198107180000076.36 |
6.36 2,484 Members |
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Movie, 1982 1957198207100000086.52 |
6.52 1,957 Members |
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Movie, 1983 1713198303130000096.35 |
6.35 1,713 Members |
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Movie, 1984 1818198412220000106.39 |
6.39 1,818 Members |
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Movie, 1985 1628198507130000116.28 |
6.28 1,628 Members |
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Movie, 1993 1586199306030000126.38 |
6.38 1,586 Members |
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Movie, 2007 1663200703030000176.12 |
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TV, Spring 1981 16384198104080000197.27 |
7.27 16,384 Members |
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Special, 1992 975199201010000205.97 |
5.97 975 Members |
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Special, 1982 1089198201020000216.24 |
6.24 1,089 Members |
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Special, 1981 1003198107250000235.83 |
5.83 1,003 Members |
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Special, 1981 1175198110070000256.08 |
6.08 1,175 Members |
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Special, 1999 1196199909150000265.79 |
5.79 1,196 Members |
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Special, 1998 841199804010000276.32 |
6.32 841 Members |
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TV, Winter 1986 1039131198602260000287.97 |
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add Original Creator, Original Character Design Not Yet Aired TV, Fall 2024 21138202410000000290.00 |
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add Original Creator, Original Character Design TV, Winter 1996 630961199602070000306.49 |
6.49 630,961 Members |
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add Original Character Design TV Special, 1997 77839199703260000316.55 |
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TV, Spring 2009 391794200904050000327.74 |
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TV, Spring 2014 192330201404060000337.69 |
7.69 192,330 Members |
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TV Special, 2011 49307201108020000347.53 |
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Movie, 1986 68876198612200000356.76 |
6.76 68,876 Members |
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Movie, 1987 65555198707180000366.74 |
6.74 65,555 Members |
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Movie, 1988 58503198807090000376.83 |
6.83 58,503 Members |
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7.14 62,442 Members |
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Special, 1988 32097198806080000396.70 |
6.70 32,097 Members |
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add Storyboard, Original Creator, Original Character Design TV, Summer 2015 828553201507050000407.44 |
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add Script, Original Creator, Original Character Design, Character Design, Screenplay Movie, 2018 403924201812140000418.17 |
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TV, Spring 1989 1225579198904260000448.18 |
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Movie, 1989 124060198907150000456.63 |
6.63 124,060 Members |
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Movie, 1990 114207199003100000466.58 |
6.58 114,207 Members |
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Movie, 1990 137691199007070000476.69 |
6.69 137,691 Members |
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Movie, 1991 120772199103090000486.55 |
6.55 120,772 Members |
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Movie, 1991 149762199107200000497.06 |
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Movie, 1992 128929199203070000506.79 |
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7.32 163,236 Members |
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7.60 153,217 Members |
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add Original Creator, Original Character Design, Screenplay Movie, 2015 181027201504180000597.03 |
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TV Special, 1990 105840199010170000607.57 |
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OVA, 1992 22488199201280000636.43 |
6.43 22,488 Members |
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6.72 50,422 Members |
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OVA, 2010 43032201011110000696.58 |
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add Original Character Design Movie, 1996 2067199604200000705.90 |
5.90 2,067 Members |
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add Original Character Design ONA, 2017 681201708070000715.61 |
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add Original Character Design Movie, 1991 3159199107200000726.56 |
6.56 3,159 Members |
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add Original Character Design TV, Fall 2020 72725202010030000737.73 |
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add Original Character Design TV Special, 2021 2516202106260000746.22 |
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add Original Character Design TV, Fall 1991 24212199110170000757.58 |
7.58 24,212 Members |
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add Original Character Design Movie, 1992 2487199207110000766.33 |
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add Original Character Design Movie, 2019 16113201908020000786.82 |
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add Original Character Design TV, Winter 1990 7016198912020000797.07 |
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6.18 2,665 Members |
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add Original Character Design OVA, 1996 7057199608010000815.26 |
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Special, 1990 634199012310000820.00 |
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OVA, 1988 1567198809230000846.04 |
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Manga, 1993 744199302000000016.83 |
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Manga, 2006 982200609150000026.48 |
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Manga, 1997 3293199710280000036.88 |
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Manga, 1980 16486198001220000057.75 |
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