Akira Toriyamam
Net Worth $45 Million USD
Akira Toriyama born April 5, 1955, in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan is a widely known and acclaimed Japanese manga artist and game artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. Jackie Chan's early movies had a noticeable influence on Toriyama's stories. Interestingly he also influenced the other famous mangakas like Yoshihiro Togashi, Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto, Hiro Mashima and Tite Kubo the writer of Hunter X Hunter, One Piece, Naruto, Fairy Tail and Bleach respectively.
He debuted in 1979 with the story Wonder Island, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump, and first gained popularity for the anime and manga series Dr. Slump, originally serialized weekly in Shōnen Jump from 1980 to 1984. In 1982, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Dr. Slump for best shōnen or shōjo manga series of the year.
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