List of works by Akira Toriyama

Template:Short description Template:Nihongo was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump (1980–1984), before going on to create Dragon Ball (1984–1995); his most famous work.

Following its conclusion, Toriyama continued drawing manga, predominantly one-shots and short (100–200-page) serials, including Cowa! (1997–1998), Kajika (1998), and Sand Land (2000). 2013's Jaco the Galactic Patrolman was the last manga he wrote and illustrated entirely by himself. Toriyama also collaborated with other manga artists, such as Masakazu Katsura and Eiichiro Oda, to produce one-shots and crossover shorts. He began Dragon Ball Super with illustrator Toyotarou in 2015, and continued to work on the manga until his death in 2024.

Toriyama also created numerous character designs for various video games such as the Dragon Quest series (1986–2024), Chrono Trigger (1995), Blue Dragon (2006), and some Dragon Ball video games. He also designed several characters and mascots for Shueisha's, his career-long employer and Japan's largest publishing company, various manga magazines.

Besides manga-related works, Toriyama also created various illustrations, album covers, book covers, mascots and logos.

Works

Manga

Name	Year	Notes	Ref.
Template:Nihongo	1977	Unpublished, submission for Monthly Young Jump Award. Printed in 1983 in Toriyama's fan club newsletter, Bird Land Press # 5 & 6.
Template:Nihongo	1978	Unpublished, submission for Monthly Young Jump Award. Printed in 1982 in Toriyama's fan club newsletter, Bird Land Press # 3 & 4.	Template:Cn
Template:Nihongo	1978	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1978 #52
Template:Nihongo	1978	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump January 1979 Special Issue
Template:Nihongo	1979	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump April Special Issue
Template:Nihongo	1979	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump August Special Issue
Template:Nihongo	1980–1984	236 chapters in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1980 #5/6 - 1984 #39, assembled into 18 tankōbon, reassembled into 9 aizoban in 1990, 9 bunkoban in 1995, and 15 kanzenban in 2006
Pola & Roid	1981	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1981 #17; Toriyama's winning entry in the 1981 Reader's Choice competition
Escape	1981	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump January 1982 Special Issue
Mad Matic	1982	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1982 #12; Toriyama's entry in the 1982 Reader's Choice competition
Pink	1982	One-shot in Fresh Jump December 1982 issue
Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo	1982–1984	1 tankōbon originally serialized in Fresh Jump, drawing lesson co-authored with Akira Sakuma
Chobit	1983	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump; Toriyama's entry in the 1983 Reader's Choice competition
Chobit 2	1983	One-shot in Fresh Jump June 1983 issue
Template:Nihongo	1983	2 one-shots in Fresh Jump August and October 1983 issues
Template:Nihongo	1983	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 1	1983	1 tankōbon, collects previously published one-shots
Dragon Ball	1984–1995	519 chapters and one extra chapter in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1984 #51 - 1995 #25, compiled into 42 tankōbon, reassembled into 34 kanzenban in 2002 with an altered ending, and 18 sōshūhen in 2016
Template:Nihongo	1986	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #49
Lady Red	1987	One-shot in Super Jump #2
Template:Nihongo	1987	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1987 #38
Template:Nihongo	1987	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1988 #5
Template:Nihongo	1988	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 2	1988	1 tankōbon, collects previously published one-shots
Template:Nihongo	1989	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Rocky	1989	Four-page one-shot in Template:Nihongo, a doujinshi by manga artist Neko Jyu Jisha that collects works by different artists.
Wolf	1990	One-shot, published in the art book Akira Toriyama: The World	Template:Cn
Template:Nihongo	1990–1991	3 one-shots in V Jump
Dub & Peter 1	1992–1993	4 one-shots in V Jump
Go! Go! Ackman	1993–1994	11 one-shots in V Jump
Template:Nihongo	1996	Two chapters in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Tokimecha	1996–1997	Three chapters in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Template:Nihongo	1997	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump 1997 #22/23; Toriyama's winning entry in the revived Jump Readers' Cup '97 competition
Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 3	1997	1 tankōbon, collects previously published one-shots
Cowa!	1997–1998	14 chapters serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, collected in 1 tankōbon
Kajika	1998	12 chapters serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, collected in 1 tankōbon
Template:Nihongo	1999	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Neko Majin	1999–2005	3 one-shots in Weekly Shōnen Jump and 5 one-shots in Monthly Shōnen Jump, collected into 1 kanzenban
Template:Nihongo	2000	One-shot drawn entirely on a computer for E-Jump, a special edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump focusing on electronics.
Sand Land	2000	14 chapters serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, collected into 1 tankōbon
Template:Nihongo	2006	1 chapter of Template:Nihongo, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo and Dragon Ball crossover with Osamu Akimoto for 30th anniversary of Kochikame.
Cross Epoch	2006	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump, Dragon Ball and One Piece crossover with Eiichiro Oda
Template:Nihongo	2007	One-shot in Monthly Shōnen Jump
Template:Nihongo	2008	One-shot in Jump SQ, art by Masakazu Katsura
Akira Toriyama Mankanzenseki Vol. 1	2008	1 bunkoban, collects previously published one-shots
Akira Toriyama Mankanzenseki Vol. 2	2008	1 bunkoban, collects previously published one-shots
Template:Nihongo	2009	One-shot in the pamphlet Template:Nihongo for the NPO Rural Society Project's "Project 2030" initiative; notable for being Toriyama's only officially released manga not published by Shueisha. Assisted by former assistant Takashi Matsuyama.
Template:Nihongo	2009–2010	3 chapters in Weekly Young Jump, art by Masakazu Katsura
Template:Nihongo	2010	One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman	2013	11 chapters serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump, collected into 1 tankōbon
Template:Nihongo	2014	1 volume, art by Masakazu Katsura, collects previously published one-shots
Dragon Ball Super	2015–2024	Original concept and story outline, with some storyboards and dialogue. Currently serialized in V Jump, art and dialogue by Toyotarou, collected into 23 tankōbon

Art books

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Anime

• Crusher Joe (1983, film) – designed the MAX 310 space station
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• Imagination Science World Gulliver Boy (1995, television series) – mechanical designs
• Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997, television series) – character designs, title, and logo
• Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008, short film) – original concept and story concept
• Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013, film) – original concept, story concept, and character designs
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015, film) – original concept, screenplay, character designs, and title
• Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018, television series) – original concept, story concepts, character designs, and title
• Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018, film) – original concept, screenplay, and character designs
• Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022, film) – original concept, screenplay, and character designs
• Sand Land: The Series (2024, original net animation) – original concept, "Tenshi no Yūsha" story arc concept, and designed the characters Anne and Muniel
• Dragon Ball Daima (2024, television series) – original concept, story, and character designs

Video games

• Dragon Quest series (1986–2024) – character designs, package illustrations
• Dragon Ball: Shenlong no Nazo (1986) – designed several characters including Template:Nihongo
• Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin (1991) – designed the character Template:Nihongo
• Chrono Trigger (1995) – character and setting designs. Alongside Toei Animation, he and his studio also created the animated cutscenes for the 1999 PlayStation port.
• Tobal No. 1 (1996) – character designs
• Tobal 2 (1997) – character designs
• Blue Dragon (2006) – character designs
• Blue Dragon Plus (2008) – character designs
• Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow (2009) – character designs and voices the character Toripo, which is modeled after his "Toribot" self-insert
• Chōsoku Henkei Gyrozetter (2012) – designed the Beeman 500SS character
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (2018) – designed the character Android 21
• Dragon Ball Legends (2018) – designed the characters Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo
• Jump Force (2019) – designed several original characters
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (2020) – designed the character Bonyū
• Fantasian (2021) – designed a diorama used to create a level

Shueisha

• Weekly Shōnen Jump (1988) – designed the magazine's 20th anniversary character Template:Nihongo, who later appeared in the video game Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden
• V Jump (1990) – designed the magazine's Template:Nihongo character, who later appeared in the video games Dragon Quest X (2012), Gaist Crusher (2013), and Monster Strike (2014).
• Weekly Jump F-1 Club (1990) – designed the Weekly Shōnen Jump column's mascot character Template:Nihongo
• V-Net (1994) – designed the Weekly Shōnen Jump column's mascot characters Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo
• Souvenirs entomologiques (Jean-Henri Fabre book, 1996) – cover illustrations for the Shueisha Bunko edition of the Japanese translation
• Shueisha (2002) – designed the Template:Nihongo character for the 25th anniversary of Shueisha Bunko
• Template:Nihongo – designed the V Jump column's logo
• Jump Shop (2005) – designed the Weekly Shōnen Jump online shop's Template:Nihongo character
• Weekly Shōnen Jump (2009) – designed the magazine's website's Template:Nihongo character
• My Jump (2016) – designed the mobile app's Template:Nihongo and Template:Nihongo characters

Other works

The logo designed by Toriyama for the koala exhibit at the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens

• FUEL ALBUM (George Tokoro album, 1981) – insert illustration
• Polkadot Magic (Mami Koyama album, 1984) – album cover and lyrics to "Crilla" and "Helicopter"
• Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens (1984) – designed the logo for the zoo's koala exhibit
• Fine Molds (1985) – illustrated packaging, instructions, and design of the GERMAN INFANTRY WOMAN LISA model kit
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• Fine Molds (1991) – designed the model maker's mascot Template:Nihongo
• Super Sense Story (Honda road safety brochure, 1991) – character designs
• Fine Molds (1994) – designed seven of their World Fighter Collection line of models kits, including packaging and instructions

1. WWII GERMAN WAFFEN-SS SOLDIER
2. WWII U.S. ARMY INFANTRYMAN
3. -THE CHINA INCIDENT- IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY INFANTRYMAN FIRST CLASS PRIVATE OHSHIMIZU
4. WWII U.S.S.R. ARMY INFANTRY WOMAN
5. THE GULF WAR U.S. ARMY INFANTRY WOMAN SANDY
6. WWII GERMAN ARMY INFANTRYMAN MEYER
7. JAPAN GROUND SELF DEFENSE FORCE MEMBER INFANTRYMAN SERGEANT UNOYA

• Bitch's Life Illustration File (art book, 2001) – illustration
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• QVOLT (electric car, 2005) – designed the automobile
• "Rule/Sparkle" (Ayumi Hamasaki single, 2006) – an illustration of Ayumi Hamasaki as Son Goku printed on the single's CD and DVD
• Template:Nihongo – an illustration of Chiaki for the cover
• Invade (Jealkb album, 2011) – album cover
• Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2014) – an illustration of Sun Wukong for a poster for the film's Japanese release
• Dr. Mashirito's Saikyō Manga Jutsu (Kazuhiko Torishima book, 2023) – book cover
• Kiyosu (2024) – designed the logo for the city's 20th anniversary