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Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira; April 5, 1955, March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors in the history of manga and created numerous highly influential and popular series, with his most famous and successful project being the Dragon Ball franchise. Toriyama first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the manga series Dr.