Akira Toriyama
Writing
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
Writing63
movieDragon Ball: 40th Anniversary Special Video
2026
Original Story, Comic Book
movieDragon Ball DAIMA
2024
Original Concept, Story
tvDragon Ball DAIMA
2024
Original Concept, Story
movieDragon Ball Z Kai
2024
Original Concept
tvSAND LAND: THE SERIES
2024
Original Story
movieSand Land
2023
Comic Book, Original Story
movieDragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2022
Screenplay, Story
movieDragon Ball Super: Broly
2018
Screenplay, Story
movieDragon Ball Super: Broly - Skytree Super
2018
Original Concept
tvSuper Dragon Ball Heroes
2018
Characters
movieDragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai
2017
Original Series Creator
movieDragon Ball Z: The Fall of Men
2015
Characters
movieDragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
2015
Screenplay
movieDragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
2013
Characters
movieDragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
2011
Characters
tvDragon Ball Z Kai
2009
Original Story
movieDragonball Evolution
2009
Comic Book
tvDr. Slump
1997
Comic Book
movieSaving Soldier Cashman
1997
Original Story
movieDragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy
1997
Characters
movieDragon Ball: The Path to Power
1996
Comic Book
tvDragon Ball GT
1996
Original Story
movieDragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
1995
Original Series Creator
movieGo! Go! Ackman
1994
Original Story
movieDragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly
1994
Characters
movieDragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
1993
Characters, Original Series Creator
movieDragon Ball: The Magic Begins
1991
Characters
movieDragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
1991
Characters
movieKennosuke-sama
1990
Original Story
moviePink: Water Bandit, Rain Bandit
1990
Comic Book
tvDragon Ball Z
1989
Writer, Comic Book
movieDragon Quest Fantasia Video
1988
Characters
movieKosuke and Rikimaru: The Dragon of Konpei Island
1988
Comic Book, Writer
movieDragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
1988
Comic Book
movieDragon Ball: Goku & Traffic Safety
1988
Original Film Writer
tvDragon Ball
1986
Writer, Comic Book
movieDr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis
1985
Original Series Creator
movieDr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle
1984
Original Series Creator
movieDr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island
1981
Original Story
tvDr. Slump
1981
Comic Book
tvDragon Ball Super: Beerus
Original Story
Visual Effects11
tvDragon Ball DAIMA
2024
Character Designer
tvSAND LAND: THE SERIES
2024
Character Designer
movieDragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2022
Character Designer
movieDragon Quest: Your Story
2019
Character Designer
movieDragon Ball Super: Broly
2018
Character Designer
movieDragon Quest X: The Miracles of the Adventurers
2017
Character Designer
movieDragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
2015
Character Designer
tvFantascience World Gulliver Boy
1995
Mechanical Designer
tvDragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel
1989
Character Designer
movieKosuke and Rikimaru: The Dragon of Konpei Island
1988
Character Designer
movieCrusher Joe
1983
Mechanical Designer
Crew6
Acting3
movieGodzilla 1985
1985
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
movieThe Return of Godzilla
1984
Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)
Art1
movieNuumamonjaa: Time and Space Adventures
1996
Art Direction