Toyotarō

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Toyotarō
とよたろう
Born	(1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 Tochigi Prefecture
Nickname	Toyo, Toyble
Occupation	Manga artist, character designer
Years active	2012-present
Employer	Shueisha

Toyotarō is the pen-name of an individual employed by Shueisha and currently working on several aspects of the Dragon Ball franchise. Debuting in 2012 with the Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission tie-in manga series, Toyotarō later went on to produce the Dragon Ball Super manga series, as well as design several characters for the mainline series as well as video games.

Toyotarō is widely believed to have previously gone under the pen-name "Toyble" and producing a "Dragon Ball AF" fan comic before going professional.

Biography

Toyotarō was born 17 May 1978 in Tochigi Prefecture in Japan.

Toyotarō's favorite Dragon Ball character (and hero in general) is Son Goku, and his favorite attack is the Kamehameha, while his favorite heroine is Ai Amano from Masakazu Katsura's Video Girl Ai.

TO CITE: https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/v-jump-december-2013-toyotaro-q-and-a/

Dragon Ball Roles/Positions

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Works

Manga

• Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission (2012-2015, 2016)
• Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
• Dragon Ball Super (2015-present)
• Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 The Manga (2016)

Characters

• Helles (joint design with Akira Toriyama)
• Vermoud (joint design with Akira Toriyama)
• Arak
• Giin
• Iwen
• Liquir
• Mosco
• Rumoosh
• Merusu
• Moro
• Shiirasu

TO CITE: For Shiirasu - https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2017/02/17/dragon-ball-super-god-of-destruction-names-revealed-april-2017-vjump-issue/ For Gods of Destruction - https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/toyotaro-shiirasu-design-comment/ For Moro/Merusu - https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2020/10/24/new-translation-dragon-ball-super-volume-11-toyotaro-workspace-interview/

Special Attacks

• Gamma Burst Flash

Tracing Allegations

Comparison of respective images with respect to Toyotarō tracing allegations on the July 2018 V-Jump cover artwork

Since the earliest days of "Dragon Ball AF" production under the "Toyble" moniker, Toyotarō has been the subject of various levels of allegations for copying reference artwork, up through and including direct tracing. In a November 2006 blog post, "Toyble" stated:

みなさんご存じのように、ここの漫画は、原作にちょっと手を加えて構成されているシーンが多々あります。

不快に思う方もいるかと思いますが、逆に「ここを使ってるのか～」ってかんじにむしろ楽しんでもらえればと…。

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As you all know, there are a lot of scenes in this manga that I drew by referencing them from the original work.

There might be some people that are not quite comfortable with this, but maybe if you think about it in an "is he is referencing that scene...?!” kind of way, or maybe even enjoy it...
— Toyble, 18 November 2006

In May 2018, Toyotarō contributed artwork of Son Goku for the cover of that month's July 2018 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine (the publication in which the Dragon Ball Super manga was serialized). In a since-deleted tweet, Toyotarō also shared a draft of said image. Shortly after the magazine's release, fans online noticed similarities between Goku's pose and composition with that of a panel of Captain America from the 2012 Captain Marvel comic book series.

In response to alerts of said allegations, Captain Marvel artist Dexter Soy concluded that it was indeed an example of tracing.

Notes

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Interviews

General Media Interviews

• Anime News Network - "Interview: Dragon Ball Super's Toyotarou" (26 October 2016)
• talky! life - "Dragon Ball Super: L’intervista esclusiva con il maestro Toyotaro al Napoli Comicon" (05 May 2017)

Internal Interviews

• TBD

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