Dragon Ball Cast and Staff

Manga Staff

While the Dragon Ball manga was created by Akira Toriyama, it wasn't just his hand that helped develop one of the foremost Shōnen manga series of all time.

Japan

Akira Toriyama (Series Author & Creator; Bird Studio)

Takashi Matsuyama (Assistant; Bird Studio)

Kazuhiko Torishima (1st Series Editor; Shueisha)

Yū Kondō (2nd Series Editor; Shueisha)

Fuyuto Takeda (3rd Series Editor; Shueisha)

Naho Ooishi (Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)

Toyotarō (Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)

North America

Main Anime Staff

Japan

Planning & Pre-production

Keizō Shichijō (Series Planner & Producer; Toei Animation)

Kōzō Morishita (Series Planner & Producer; Toei Animation)

Takao Koyama (Series Organizer & Scenario Writer; Brother Noppo)

Aya Matsui (Series Organizer & Scenario Writer; Brother Noppo)

Tokizō Tsuchiya (Producer; Fuji TV)

Kenji Shimizu (Producer; Fuji TV)

Directors

Minoru Okazaki (Series Director; Toei Animation)

Daisuke Nishio (Series Director; Toei Animation)

Osamu Kasai (Series Director; Toei Animation)

Animation Development

Minoru Maeda (Chief Animator & Character Designer; Studio Junio)

Tadayoshi Yamamuro (Character Designer; Shindō Productions)

Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (Character Designer; Toei Animation)

Tomekichi Takeuchi (Animation Supervisor; Seigasha)

Artistic Design

Tadanao Tsuji (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)

Yūji Ikeda (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)

Tokushige Ken (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)

Ryūji Yoshi'ike (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)

Musical Composition

Shunsuke Kikuchi (Series Musical Composer)

Akihito Tokunaga (Series Musical Composer)

Kenji Yamamoto (Series Musical Composer)