Akira Toriyama
Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955–2024)
Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山 明, 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.
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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]
References
change- ↑ "Anime 3000 Biography". Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies". BBC News. March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ↑ Speed, Jessica (March 8, 2024). "Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68". The Japan Times. Retrieved March 8, 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%". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). March 8, 2024. Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 8, 2024.