Kazuyoshi Torii (, 12 November 1946 – 9 February 2022) was a Japanese

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and university professor.

Life and career

Born in Kamata, a defunct village today part of

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, Torii started his career as an assistant of

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. He made his official debut as a mangaka in 1968 in ''

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'' with the manga ''Kuchinashi Inu'' ("Dog With No Mouth"). He is best known for the provoking, taboo-free serializated manga ' ("Professor Toilet"). The manga debuted in ''

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'' and sold over 10 million copies. Besides his activity as an artist, Torii was a manga professor at the

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. He died of

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on 9 February 2022, at the age of 75.

References

External links

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1946 births 2022 deaths Academic staff of Aichi Shukutoku University Manga artists from Aichi Prefecture Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Japan {{Japan-bio-stub