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Revision as of 16:07, 15 May 2003 by 192.169.41.46 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明) is a Japanese manga artist.
He debuted in 1978 with the Wonder Island story published in Weekly Shonen Jump, and gained fame for Dr. Slump serialized weekly in Shonen Jump from 1980 to 1984.
His clean line and design sense led to jobs designing characters for the phenomenally popular Dragon Quest series of video games (called Dragon Warrior in the United States). He has also served as the character designer for the popular Tobal No. 1 fighting game and continues to produce the occasional manga story.