Who is the author of Dragon Ball?

Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama is recognized as the chief representative of the Japanese comics industry today and is known as the most influential figure in the Japanese comics industry after the late comics master Tezuka Osamu ("The God of Japanese Comics").

His famous work "Arale (Dr. Slump)" and his representative work "Dragon Ball" are extremely popular and widely praised all over the world.

As of July 1995, "Dr. Slump" sold 28,110,000 copies, and "Dragon Ball" set a sales record of 109,300,000.

In 1974, Akira Toriyama graduated from the design department of the Prefectural Industrial High School and joined an advertising design company to engage in design work.

Because he was often late, he resigned after only three years.

One day, he saw the "Shōnen Jump" weekly magazine in a teahouse and was attracted by the bonus offered by the comic submissions. He happily submitted his submissions, but he was unsuccessful.

He did not lose heart and drew another picture to send.

In this way, he continued to submit articles, and finally in 1978 his "Island Wandering" was published in "Shounen Jump".

This was his first time coming to prominence.

In 1980, his "Dr. Slump" began to be serialized in "Shounen Jump".

The genius doctor in the story and the robot doll Arale he created aroused great interest among readers.

The irregular local dialects that Arale often spoke became a popular language in the streets and alleys. Arale's image was printed on various products. People called this year the "Arale Year".

This work made the author famous in one fell swoop.

However, Toriyama was not satisfied with this. In the next ten years (1985-1995), he incredibly completed the stunning masterpiece "Dragon Ball", and his career achievements reached a new peak.

During this period, Akira Toriyama also served as character designer for games such as ENIX's "Dragon Quest" six-part series and Square's "Chrono Trigger", which also achieved great success.

The character design for the subsequent "Dragon Quest" was also provided by Mr. Akira Toriyama.

After a two-and-a-half-year break, Akira Toriyama released another work called "Cowa!" in November 1997.

It describes a world where humans and monsters coexist, and is mainly aimed at younger readers.

In July 1998, Akira Toriyama released a new work "Kajika" with 12 chapters. This series was greatly influenced by "Dragon Ball".