Akira Toriyama

Memorial mural of Toriyama in Lima

Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明code: ja is deprecated , Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024)^[1] was a Japanese manga artist. He was the creator of many popular anime and manga series, most notably the Dragon Ball franchise. It has many media adaptions, and is now the most popular anime series and the second best-selling manga of all time. He was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Toriyama died on March 1, 2024 from acute subdural hematoma, aged 68.^[2]^[3] He had planned to have surgery for a brain tumor a month earlier.^[4]

Akira Toriyama Media

Kanzenban edition of Dr. Slump, published by Shueisha
Toriyama's house and home studio in Kiyosu

References

↑ Anime 3000 Biography. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
↑ Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies. BBC News (8 March 2024). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
↑ Speed, Jessica. Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68 (in en). The Japan Times (8 March 2024). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
↑ 鳥山明さん命を奪った急性硬膜下血腫とはほとんどが頭部外傷によるもので死亡率は60％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon (March 8, 2024). Retrieved March 8, 2024.

[1] Anime 3000 Biography. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

[2] Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies. BBC News (8 March 2024). Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[3] Speed, Jessica. Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68 (in en). The Japan Times (8 March 2024). Retrieved 8 March 2024.

[4] 鳥山明さん命を奪った急性硬膜下血腫とはほとんどが頭部外傷によるもので死亡率は60％ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon (March 8, 2024). Retrieved March 8, 2024.

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