"He is a guy who does not hide anything, but this also means he says whatever he feels like saying. I think we are suited for each other. People who hold things in are hard for me to figure out, so I would not be able to work with someone like that." |
Kazuhiko Torishima (鳥嶋和彦; born on October 19, 1952, in Ojiya, Niigata) is a Japanese editor and producer. He works for Shueisha and was Akira Toriyama's first editor.
Biography[]
Torishima attended high school in Ojiya, and graduated from Keio University in 1976. The same year, he joined Shueisha editorial department and was assigned to the Weekly Shōnen Jump. Kazuhiko Torishima recruited Akira Toriyama after the latter made it to the final of the Monthly Young Jump Award 1978 with a one-shot titled Mysterious Rain Jack. He was impressed by Toriyama's particular lettering and onomatopoeia similar to that of the Western comics. Torishima was involved with Toriyama's work for the Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball manga. He is said to be Toriyama's inspiration for the villainous Dr. Mashirito (they have the same name but with the syllables reversed) and King Piccolo. A reference to this is made in the video game Jump Super Stars, in which Dr. Mashirito and Piccolo can fuse to form a character whose special ability is yelling at his opponent.
After he left as Toriyama's editor, Kazuhiko Torishima went on to become head editor of V-Jump in 1993. In 1996, shortly after Dragon Ball ended, he became editor-in-chief of the Weekly Shōnen Jump. Under his leadership, the magazine began coming out with new hits like Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, and Naruto. In 2001, Torishima was the head editor of Weekly Shōnen Jump, Monthly Jump, and V-Jump. In 2004, he joined Shueisha's board of directors. In 2011, he produced the anime adaptation of Naho Ooishi's Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock.
Torishima also worked on the TV series adaptation of Blue Dragon, a video game for which the character were designed by Akira Toriyama.
Outside of Toriyama's manga series, Kazuhiko Torishima has also worked on Akikan!, Bakuen Campus Guardress, Black Cat, Bleach, Death Note, Denpa teki na Kanojo, Gantz II, Gintama, Hatsukoi Limited, Kurenai, Naruto, One Piece, Pokemon, Prince of Tennis, and To Love-Ru. Direct parody characters of him appear in Kinnikuman written by the duo Yudetamago, and Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba.
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External links[]
- Kazuhiko Torishima's biography (Japanese)
Dr. Slump Production Staff | ||
Authors | Akira Toriyama | |
Assistants | Hisashi Tanaka • Takashi Matsuyama | |
Editors | Kazuhiko Torishima | |
Directors | Tokizō Tsuchiya • Minoru Okazaki • Akinori Nagaoka • Kazuhisa Takenouchi • Daisuke Nishio • Mitsuo Hashimoto • Shigeyasu Yamauchi • Yoshihiro Ueda • Yoshiki Shibata | |
Producers | Keizo Shichijo • Matsuji Kishimoto • Kōzō Morishita • Tomio Anzai • Tsutomu Tomari • Tan Takaiwa • Seiichi Hiruta | |
Screenwriters | Satoru Nishizono • Masaki Tsuji • Michiru Shimada • Shunichi Yukimuro • Yasushi Hirano • Tomoko Konparu • Takao Koyama • Toshiki Inoue • Keiji Terui • Yoshifumi Yuki • Aya Matsui | |
Art directors | Mitsuo Shindō • Hiromitsu Shiozaki • Yuji Ikeda • Shigenori Takada | |
Anime designers | Toyoo Ashida • Sachio Ebisawa • Minoru Maeda • Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru • Tadayoshi Yamamuro • Shinji Koike | |
Key Animation | Masayuki Uchiyama • Hiromi Matsushita • Mamito Tayama • Yasuhiro Nakura | |
Special Effects | Hidenori Arai | |
Music composers | Shunsuke Kikuchi • Takeo Watanabe |
Mashirito Army | ||
Members | Dr. Mashirito • Dr. Mashirito Jr. • King Nikochan • King Nikochan's servant • Robot Poop | |
Caramel Men | Caramel Man 001 • Caramel Man 002 • Caramel Man 003 • Obotchaman • Caramel Man 005 • Caramel Man 006 • Caramel Man 007 • Caramel Man 008 • Caramel Man 009 • Caramel Man 010 • Caramel Man 010 (Jump Stars) • Caramel Man 011 • Caramel Man 022 • Abale• Great Caramel Man | |
Related articles | Dr. Mashirito's lab • Unnamed fusion of Piccolo and Dr. Mashirito • Planetary Defense Academy |