Dragon Ball Cast and Staff

Manga Staff

While the Dragon Ball manga was created by Akira Toriyama, it wasn't just his hand that shaped one of the foremost Shōnen manga series of all time. His editors would on occasion steer the story in a direction of their liking and horas him to get his chapter manuscripts submitted on time. In return, Toriyama would often incorporated his editors into Dragon Ball as villains — Torishima was the basis for Piccolo Daimaō, while Kondō was the basis for Freeza, and Takeda the basis for Majin Buu.

Toriyama and Matsuyama working on Dragon Ball at Bird Studio. (Toriyama Interview, Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu, p. 85)

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)

Spin-off Authors

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

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)

North America