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Toriyama Shōen
Toriyama (written: 鳥山, 通山) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Airi Toriyama (born 1989), Japanese actress and singer * Akira Toriyama (1955–2024), Japanese manga artist and character designer * Akira Toriyama (ophthalmologist) (1898–1994), Japanese ophthalmologist and photographer * Motomu Toriyama, Japanese game director and scenario writer * Toriyama Sekien 200px, A , specifically a Miage-nyūdō, as portrayed by Toriyama , real name Sano Toyofusa, was a scholar, '' kyōka'' poet, and ''ukiyo-e'' artist of Japanese folklore. Early life Born to a family of high-ranking servants to the Tokugawa sh ... (1712–1788), scholar and ukiyo-e artist {{surname, Toriyama Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airi Toriyama
is a Japanese actress and singer who is affiliated with Sony Music Entertainment Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ... through Cast Corporation, until October 8, 2009. Filmography TV series Films References External links Official website at Sony Music Entertainment Japan {{DEFAULTSORT:Toriyama, Airi Japanese actresses 1989 births Living people Actors from Miyazaki Prefecture Singers from Miyazaki Prefecture 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Toriyama
was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He came to be regarded as one of the most influential and important authors in the history of manga, authoring highly influential and popular series, particularly Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dragon Ball''. Toriyama first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the manga series ''Dr. Slump'', for which he earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best ''shōnen manga, shōnen''/''shōjo''. Dr. Slump went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into an anime, with a second series created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. From 1984 to 1995 he wrote and illustrated the Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dragon Ball'' manga, Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. It became one of the List of best-selling manga, best-selling manga series of all time, with 260 million copies sold worldwide, and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Toriyama (ophthalmologist)
was a Japanese ophthalmologist and photographer. During his career, he became president of Showa University and also had his photography exhibited and published. Biography and medical career Akira Toriyama was born on 20 June 1898 in Shinagawa-machi, Ebara-gun (now Shinagawa-ku), Tokyo. He studied medicine at Tokyo Imperial University, graduating in 1926. His health was not good, and he is said to have been nudged toward ophthalmology by his own professor, who believed that the relatively stable working hours of an ophthalmologist would be better for Toriyama. In 1928, Toriyama became a professor of ophthalmology at Showa Medical School and he continued at the school as it became Showa Medical University and later Showa University, whose president he became in 1969. Toriyama also became chairman of the university's board of directors; he retired from both positions in 1988 but continued as an adviser. He died on 30 November 1994. Toriyama was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motomu Toriyama
is a Japanese game director and scenario writer who has been working for Square Enix since 1994. He initially worked on cutscenes in ''Bahamut Lagoon'' and ''Final Fantasy VII'' before serving as one of the three directors on ''Final Fantasy X'' under Yoshinori Kitase where he was in charge of events, music, voice and motion capture. Toriyama started directing himself with ''Final Fantasy X-2'' and has continued doing so with ''Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings'', ''Blood of Bahamut'', ''Final Fantasy XIII'', ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'', ''Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII'' and ''Mobius Final Fantasy''. Currently he is serving as deputy head of Square Enix's Creative Studio 2 and is working as co-director on the Final Fantasy VII Remake series and director on Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis. Biography Toriyama joined Square (video game company), Square around the time of the ''Final Fantasy VI'' launch in April 1994. He later mentioned that he enjoyed how everyone on the de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toriyama Sekien
200px, A , specifically a Miage-nyūdō, as portrayed by Toriyama , real name Sano Toyofusa, was a scholar, '' kyōka'' poet, and ''ukiyo-e'' artist of Japanese folklore. Early life Born to a family of high-ranking servants to the Tokugawa shogunate, Toriyama was trained by Kanō school artists Kanō Gyokuen and Kanō Chikanobu, although he was never officially recognized as a Kanō school painter. Art career After retiring from service to the shogunate, Toriyama became a teacher to numerous apprentices in poetry and painting. He was among the first to apply Kanō techniques to ''ukiyo-e'' printmaking, inventing key new techniques along the way, such as ''fuki-bokashi'', which allowed for replicating color gradations. Most famously, he was the teacher of Kitagawa Utamaro and Utagawa Toyoharu. Sekien is best known for his mass-produced illustrated books of yōkai that had appeared in '' Hyakki Yagyō'' monster parade scrolls. The first book proved popular enough to spawn thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
