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Eiichiro Oda

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Eiichirō Oda
BornEiichirō Oda
(1975-01-01) January 1, 1975 (age 50)
Kumamoto, Japan
Pen nameTsukihimizu Kikondō used for his entry in the 44th Tezuka Award.[1]
OccupationManga artist
NationalityJapanese
Notable worksOne Piece
Notable awardsGrand Prize at 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award
Years active1992–present
SpouseChiaki Inaba (m. 2004)
Children2
SignatureFile:Eiichiro Oda sign.svg

Eiichiro Oda (Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist, who is best known for his manga series One Piece (1997–present). With more than 462

  million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide, One Piece is the best-selling manga and the best-selling comic series of all time, making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors.[n 1] The series' popularity resulted in Oda being named one of the manga artists that changed the history of manga.[2]

Early life[]

Eiichiro Oda was born on January 1, 1975 in Kumamoto, Japan. He said that at age four he resolved to become a manga artist in order to avoid having to get a "real job".[3] His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama and his series Dragon Ball.[3][4] He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking.[5] He submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga Kinnikuman. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works.

Career[]

At the age of 17, Oda submitted his work Wanted! and won several awards, including second place in the coveted Tezuka Award. That got him into a job at the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, where he originally worked as assistant to Shinobu Kaitani's series Suizan Police Gang before moving to Masaya Tokuhiro on Jungle King Tar-chan and Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman,[3] which gave him an unexpected influence on his artistic style. At the age of 19, he began working as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki on Rurouni Kenshin, before winning the Hop Step Award for new manga artists. Watsuki credits Oda for helping create the character Honjō Kamatari who appears in Rurouni Kenshin.[6]

During this time, Oda drew two pirate-themed one-shot stories called "Romance Dawn", which were published in Akamaru Jump and Weekly Shōnen Jump respectively in late 1996.[7][8] "Romance Dawn" featured Monkey D. Luffy as the protagonist, who then became the protagonist of One Piece.

In 1997, One Piece began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump and has become not only one of the most popular manga in Japan, but the best-selling manga series of all time. It sold 100 million collected tankōbon volumes by February 2005,[9] over 200 million by February 2011,[9] had 320,866,000 copies printed worldwide by December 2014,[10] 430 million volumes in circulation worldwide as of October 2017,[11] 440

  million copies sold as of May 2018[12] and 450

  million in print as of March 2019.[13]

Additionally, individual volumes of One Piece have broken publishing records in Japan. Volume 56 received the highest initial print run of any manga, 2.85 million copies, in 2009.[14] Volume 57's print of 3 million in 2010 was the highest first print for any book in Japan, not just manga. A record that was broken several times by subsequent volumes and currently held by 67's 4.05 million initial printing in 2012.[15] In 2013, the series won the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award Grand Prize, alongside Kimuchi Yokoyama's Nekodarake Nice.[16]

In a 2008 poll, conducted by marketing research firm Oricon, Oda was elected fifth most favorite manga artists of Japan. He shared the place with Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter.[17] In their 2010 poll on the Mangaka that Changed the History of Manga, Oda came in fourth.[18]

For the tenth One Piece animated theatrical film, Strong World, Oda created the film's story, drew over 120 drawings for guidance and insisted Mr. Children provide the theme song.[19][20] Additionally, a special chapter of the manga was created and included in tankōbon volume 0, which was given free to attendees of the film and also contained his drawings for the film.[21]

Oda and Akira Toriyama created a 2007 crossover one-shot called Cross Epoch, that contains characters from Toriyama's Dragon Ball and Oda's One Piece. In 2013, they each designed a Gaist character for the video game Gaist Crusher.[22]

Personal life[]

In 2004, Oda married Chiaki Inaba, who had played Nami during Jump Festa One Piece stage performances.[23]

After working as assistants to Watsuki, Oda, Hiroyuki Takei and Mikio Itō remain good friends.[3][24] He also stated several times that he is friends with Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, the author of Toriko.[3]

Oda referred to Masashi Kishimoto as both a friend and a rival.[25] For the title page illustration of One Piece chapter 766, which ran in 2014's 50th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump alongside the final two chapters of Kishimoto's Naruto, Oda included a hidden message and other tributes in the art.[26] Kishimoto himself also made a tribute in the ending of Naruto where the character Boruto Uzumaki makes a drawing of the Straw Hat Jolly Roger on a mountain.[27]

In 2009, a woman was arrested for sending roughly one hundred threatening emails to Oda between September to December 2007. The woman's husband was an assistant at Oda's office who had been dismissed.[28]

In 2018, it was revealed that Oda gifted Kumamoto Prefecture 800 million yen (US$8 million) after it suffered a damaging earthquake in 2016 that even affected its iconic Kumamoto Castle. Oda's 800 million yen donation was offered in two separate gifts, one for 500 million yen under Luffy's name and a second donation of 300 million yen. Eiichiro Oda is a long-time supporter of the earthquake-stricken area, writing supportive messages, contributing art for local products, and participating in the ONE PIECE Kumamoto Reconstruction Project.[29]

Awards[]

  • Second half of 1992: second place Tezuka Award for Wanted!
  • 1993: Hop☆Step Award for Ikki Yakō[30]
  • 2000: Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize finalist for One Piece[31]
  • 2001: Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize finalist for One Piece[31]
  • 2002: Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize finalist for One Piece[31]
  • 2005: Sondermann Award in the International Manga category for One Piece[32]
  • 2006: Japanese Media Arts Festival 100 Manga Selection for One Piece[33]
  • 2008: Sondermann Award in the International Manga category for Volume 44 of One Piece[32][34]
  • 2009: Sondermann Award in the International Manga category for Volume 48 of One Piece[32]
  • 2012: Received Grand Prize at 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award for One Piece
  • 2015: Guinness World Record for "the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author" with 320,866,000 copies printed worldwide up until December 2014.[10]
  • 2018: Kumamoto Prefecture Honorary Prize [35]

Works[]

Manga[]

  • Wanted! (1992)
  • God's Present for the Future (神から未来のプレゼント, Kami Kara Mirai no Purezento, 1993)
  • Ikki Yakō (一鬼夜行, 1993)
  • Monsters (1994)
  • Romance Dawn (first version, 1996)
  • Romance Dawn (second version, 1996)
  • One Piece (1997 – ongoing)
  • Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Short Stories (WANTED! 尾田栄一郎短編集, Oda Eiichirō Tan Henshū, collection of previous short stories, 1998)
    • Wanted! (1992)
    • God's Present for the Future
    • Ikki Yakō
    • Monsters
    • Romance Dawn (second version)
  • Cross Epoch (2007) – crossover between Dragon Ball and One Piece with Akira Toriyama
  • Taste of the Devil Fruit (実食! 悪魔の実!!, Jisshoku! Akuma no Mi!!, 2011) – crossover between Toriko and One Piece with Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro

Art books[]

  • One Piece Color Walk 1
  • One Piece Color Walk 2
  • One Piece Color Walk 3 Lion
  • One Piece Color Walk 4 Eagle
  • One Piece Color Walk 5 Shark
  • One Piece Color Walk 6 Gorilla
  • One Piece Color Walk 7 Tyrannosaurus
  • One Piece Color Walk 8 Wolf

Film[]

  • One Piece Film: Strong World (2009) – costume design, creature design, story and executive producer
  • One Piece Film: Z (2012) – character design, costume design and executive producer
  • One Piece Film: Gold (2016) – character design (Straw Hat costume design, Carina, Tesoro, Dice and Baccarat character design) and executive producer
  • One Piece: Stampede (2019) – character design, costume design, creative supervisor and executive producer

Other[]

  • Voice actor for Odacchi, a character who appears in the One Piece: Dream Soccer King! special.[citation needed]
  • Designed a line of luxury goods, known as the "Sleeping Mermaid Collection", in a collaboration with the French luxury manufacturer S.T. Dupont. While the project is unrelated to One Piece the expensive lighter from the set eventually made two very bold cameos in One Piece Film Z and even in the manga itself.
  • One of the executive producer for the ordered One Piece live-action series by Netflix and Tomorrow Studios.[36]

Notes[]

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References[]

  1. ↑ "Exclusive: Eiichiro Oda's Very First Interview At 17 Years Old (1993)". One Piece Podcast. May 31, 2015. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  2. ↑ "『日本の漫画史を変えた作家』、"漫画の神様"手塚治虫が貫禄の1位" ["The writers who changed the history of Japanese manga", "the God of manga" Osamu Tezuka ranked first]. Oricon . Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2020. そのほかには、『ONE PIECE』の【尾田栄一郎】が4位 {{cite web}}:
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 One Piece: Blue – Grand Data File. Shueisha. 2002. ISBN 4-08-873358-4. 
  4. ↑ One Piece Color Walk 1. Shueisha. 2001. ISBN 4-08-859217-4. 
  5. ↑ "Vicky the Viking Anime Adapted into Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. 2008-01-07. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  6. ↑ Tei, Andrew (2005-07-05). "Anime Expo 2002: Friday Report". Mania Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-05-08. {{cite web}}:
  7. ↑ "One Piece's 'Prototype' Romance Dawn to be Animated". Anime News Network. 2008-07-10. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  8. ↑ Oda, Eiichiro (November 1998) (in Japanese). Wanted!. Shueisha. p. 202. ISBN 978-4088726311. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "'One Piece' manga tops 300 million copies in print". Asahi Shimbun. 2013-11-12. Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "One Piece Manga Sets Guinness World Record for Copies Printed for Comic by Single Author". Anime News Network. June 14, 2015. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015. {{cite web}}:
  11. ↑ "One Piece Manga Has 430 Million Copies in Print Worldwide". Anime News Network. October 16, 2017. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017. Hiroyuki Nakano, editor-in-chief of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, announced at a press event for Shueisha's new 2017 publications on Monday that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga has more than 430 million copies in print worldwide. The series has 360 million copies in print in Japan and 70 million copies in print outside of Japan. {{cite web}}:
  12. ↑ "One Piece: 440 million copies of manga printed in the world!". MangaMag. May 21, 2018. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  13. ↑ "One Piece Manga Has Printed 450 Million Copies Worldwide". Crunchyroll. March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019. Today on the release day of its latest 92nd tankobon volume in Japan, it is confirmed that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece fantasy action manga has printed 450 million copies worldwide (380 million in Japan, 70 million abroad). {{cite web}}:
  14. ↑ "One Piece #56 Manga Gets Record 2.85-Million Print Run". Anime News Network. 2009-11-27. Archived from the original on 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  15. ↑ "One Piece Manga #67 Gets Record 4.05-Million Print Run". Anime News Network. 2012-01-01. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  16. ↑ "One Piece, Keiko Takemiya Win 41st Japan Cartoonist Awards". Anime News Network. 2012-05-11. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  17. ↑ "Oricon: Nana's Yazawa, DB's Toriyama are Most Popular". Anime News Network. 2008-03-04. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2008-03-04. {{cite web}}:
  18. ↑ "Archived copy" 『日本の漫画史を変えた作家』、"漫画の神様"手塚治虫が貫禄の1位. Oricon . 2010-07-16. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2013-02-18. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ↑ "One Piece Creator Oda to Oversee Production of 10th Film". Anime News Network. 2009-05-11. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  20. ↑ "Mr. Children on 10th One Piece film, Becky on Shin-chan". Anime News Network. 2009-10-21. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  21. ↑ "2009 One Piece Moviegoers to Get Manga Vol. 0 in Japan". Anime News Network. 2009-10-18. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  22. ↑ "Dragon Ball & One Piece Creators Designed 2 Gaist Crusher Enemies". Anime News Network. 2013-12-06. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  23. ↑ "Oda's Personal Bio". Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2018-07-01. {{cite web}}:
  24. ↑ Watsuki, Nobuhiro (1999). "Interview with Nobuhiro Watsuki". Kenshin Kaden. Shueisha. ISBN 4-08-782037-8. 
  25. ↑ "Shonen Jump Manga Creators Also Send Off Naruto With Comments". Anime News Network. 2014-11-18. Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2015-04-18. {{cite web}}:
  26. ↑ "One Piece Manga Sends Off Naruto With a Classy Secret Message". Anime News Network. 2014-11-06. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2015-04-18. {{cite web}}:
  27. ↑ (in Japanese) 漫道コバヤシ第13号「NARUTO完結！岸本斉史SP」. Fuji Television. December 13, 2014. 
  28. ↑ "Woman Arrested for Threatening One Piece Creator Oda". Anime News Network. 2009-04-09. Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-01. {{cite web}}:
  29. ↑ "One Piece Creator Donates US$8 Million for Kumamoto Earthquake Relief". Anime News Network. 2018-06-15. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-18. {{cite web}}:
  30. ↑ "Exclusive: Eiichiro Oda in Hop☆Step Manga Award (1994)". One Piece Podcast. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 "The Road to Glory: Manga Awards – Tezuka Cultural Award". ComiPress. 2007-07-13. Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-23. {{cite web}}:
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 de:Sondermann (Cartoon)
  33. ↑ "日本のメディア芸術100選". Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved August 16, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  34. ↑ "Comic-Preis Sondermann an sieben Preisträger verliehen" . Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2008. {{cite web}}:
  35. ↑ "「ONE PIECE」作者に熊本県民栄誉賞". April 4, 2018. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018. {{cite web}}:
  36. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie; Andreeva, Nellie (2020-01-29). "'One Piece' Live-Action Series Based On Manga Classic Ordered By Netflix From Tomorrow Studios". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-01-30. {{cite web}}:
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 "ANIME NEWS: 'One Piece' manga series tops 460 million copies in print". Asahi Shimbun. December 28, 2019. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019. With Vol. 95 released, the manga series now boasts more than 390 million copies in print in Japan and 70 million copies in print in 42 countries and regions across the world. {{cite web}}:
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 "One Piece Manga Sails Past 460 Million Copies Printed Worldwide". Crunchyroll. December 29, 2019. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019. As of the release of Volume 95, in Japan, there have been 390 million copies printed with 70 million copies being printed worldwide. {{cite web}}:
  39. ↑ "週間 コミックランキング （2019年12月23日～2019年12月29日）" [Weekly Comic Ranking (December 23, 2019−December 29, 2019)]. Oricon . Archived from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020. 883,228 {{cite web}}:
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  43. ↑ "週間 コミックランキング （2020年01月20日～2020年01月26日）" [Weekly Comic Ranking (January 20, 2020−January 26, 2020)]. Oricon . Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020. 42,508 {{cite web}}:
  44. ↑ "週間 コミックランキング （2020年01月27日～2020年02月02日）" [Weekly Comic Ranking (January 27, 2020−February 2, 2020)]. Oricon . Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020. 28,115 {{cite web}}:
  45. ↑ "One Piece Manga Has 430 Million Copies in Print Worldwide". Anime News Network. October 16, 2017. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019. The series has 360 million copies in print in Japan and 70 million copies in print outside of Japan. {{cite web}}:
  46. ↑ "「ONE PIECE」累計発行4億部突破！ジャンプ編集長、5億超えも視野" [Over 430 million copies of "ONE PIECE" have been issued!]. Cinema Today . October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019. 中野編集長は内訳について、国内累計発行部数は3億6,000万部以上、海外累計発行部数7,000万部以上であることを説明。また「近い将来この4億3,000万という数字を、現在のルフィの（劇中の）懸賞金額である5億に伸ばした形で皆さまに報告できる日が来るのを確信しております」と力強くコメント。現在も連載を続けている同作のさらなる飛躍へ自信をのぞかせた。 {{cite web}}:
  47. ↑ "One Piece Manga Has Printed 450 Million Copies Worldwide". Crunchyroll. March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019. Today on the release day of its latest 92nd tankobon volume in Japan, it is confirmed that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece fantasy action manga has printed 450 million copies worldwide (380 million in Japan, 70 million abroad). {{cite web}}:
  48. ↑ "「ONE PIECE」世界累計発行部数が4億5000万部突破" ["ONE PIECE" worldwide circulation of over 450 million copies]. Excite . March 4, 2019. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019. 既刊92巻、4億5000万部の国内外の内訳は、日本国内が3億8000万部以上、海外では42以上の国と地域で流通し、累計発行部数は7000万部以上となっている。 {{cite web}}:

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