Akira Toriyama

Developer BIO

Akira Toriyama was born in April 1955 in the outskirts of Nagoya. In 1974 he entered high school to study art specializing in publicity. In 1977 he decided to abandon this to enroll in cartoon drawing.

Some time afterwards, he entered Shueisha, the biggest manga publisher in Japan, as a mangaka or cartoonist, where he started drawing as a professional. It was here he published his first work as a professional. In December 1978, he published his first manga, Wonder Island in the popular Shonen Weekly Jump.

Akira Toriyama is most known for designing the popular manga series Dragon Ball. In the world of video games, his most important work is character design for the famous RPG series Dragon Quest.

Websites

• Wikipedia -- Akira Toriyama on Wikipedia
• Akira Toriyama profile -- on the Square Enix People Database.

Games Credited

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (2008), Atari, Inc.
Blue Dragon (2006), Microsoft Game Studios
Dragon Ball GT: Transformation (2005), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Sagas (2005), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (2005), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure (2004), Banpresto Co., Ltd.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (2004), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury (2004), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors (2004), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (2004), Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (2003), Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (2002), Infogrames
Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game (2002), Infogrames, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (2002), Infogrames
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey (2001), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior I & II (2000), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior VII (2000), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior Monsters (1998), Enix Corporation
Tobal No.1 (1996), Square Co., Ltd.
Chrono Trigger (1995), Square Co., Ltd.
Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi (1995), Enix Corporation
Kasumi Ninja (1994), Atari Corporation
Torneko no Daibouken - Fushigi no Dungeon (1993), Chunsoft
Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome (1992), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior IV (1990), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior III (1988), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior II (1987), Enix Corporation
Dragon Warrior (1986), Enix Corporation