- Source of Wealth: Publishing (Manga)
- Age: 64
- Birth Place: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Height: 1.79 m (5′ 9″)
- Marital Status: Married (Nara Mikami aka Yoshimi)
- Full Name: Toriyama Akira (鳥山 明)
- Nationality: Japanese
- Date of Birth: April 5, 1955
- Ethnicity: Japanese
- Occupation: Manga and Game Artist
- Education: Technical High School in Nagoya
- Children: 2 (including Sasuke)
Japanese game and manga artist Akira Toriyama has an estimated net worth of $45 million. He is best recognized for the manga series Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump. He is also known to be a character designer for the video game series Dragon Quest. In addition to being one of the most popular and highly influential personalities in Japanese manga, Akira Toriyama has been a source of inspiration to many aspiring manga artists.
His works on Dr. Slump earned him the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōjo manga. In Japan alone, the Dr. Slump series sold more than 35 million copies. On the other hand, his Dragon Ball series later emerged to be one of the most successful and popular manga series worldwide. The “second best-selling manga of all time”, Dragon Ball sold over 230 million copies worldwide.
Toriyama Akira was born on April 5, 1955, in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He is currently married to Nachi Mikami, with whom he has two children.