Eiichiro Oda facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Eiichiro Oda
尾田 栄一郎 |
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| Born | January 1, 1975 Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Notable works | One Piece |
| Notable awards | Grand Prize at 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award |
| Spouse |
Chiaki Inaba
(m. 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
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Eiichiro Oda (Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist. He is famous for creating the popular series One Piece.
One Piece is a huge success worldwide. It has sold over 520 million copies. This makes it the best-selling manga and comic series ever. Because of this, Oda is one of the top-selling authors in the world. Many people say he is one of the manga artists who changed the history of manga.
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Early Life and Inspiration
Eiichiro Oda was born in Kumamoto, Japan, on January 1, 1975. When he was only four years old, he decided he wanted to become a manga artist. He wanted to do this to avoid having a "real job."
His biggest hero was Akira Toriyama, who created the famous Dragon Ball series. Oda also loved pirates. He thinks his interest in pirates started from watching a TV cartoon called Vicky the Viking.
Starting His Career
When Oda was 17, he entered a contest with his manga called Wanted!. He won several awards, including second place in the important Tezuka Award. This helped him get a job at Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.
He started as an assistant to other manga artists. He worked with Nobuhiro Watsuki on Rurouni Kenshin. Watsuki even said Oda helped create a character in that series.
Oda also drew two short pirate stories called "Romance Dawn." These stories were published in 1996. The main character, Monkey D. Luffy, later became the hero of One Piece.
The Success of One Piece
In 1997, One Piece began to be published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan. Soon, it became the best-selling manga series of all time.
The individual books of One Piece have broken many records in Japan. For example, Volume 57 was the first book in Japan to print 3 million copies at once. Later, Volume 67 broke that record with 4.05 million copies.
In 2013, One Piece won the Grand Prize at the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award. This showed how much people loved the series.
Collaborations and Other Works
Oda has worked on many other projects. For the tenth One Piece movie, Strong World, Oda wrote the story and drew many pictures to guide the animators. He also made sure the band Mr. Children sang the theme song.
He has also helped create and produce other One Piece movies, like Z (2012), Gold (2016), Stampede (2019), and Red (2022).
In 2007, Oda worked with his hero, Akira Toriyama, on a special one-shot manga called Cross Epoch. It featured characters from both Dragon Ball and One Piece. In 2013, they both designed characters for the video game Gaist Crusher.
Oda also teamed up with Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro to create a One Piece and Toriko crossover story called Taste of the Devil Fruit in 2011.
Personal Life and Dedication
Eiichiro Oda married Chiaki Inaba in 2004. She was a model and actress. They met at a festival where she played the One Piece character Nami on stage. They have two daughters, born in 2006 and 2009.
Oda is known for being a very hard worker and a perfectionist. He often sleeps only three hours a day when he is working on his manga.
He is also very generous. In 2018, he donated ¥800 million (about US$8 million) to his home prefecture of Kumamoto. This was to help after a big earthquake in 2016. He even made one donation in the name of his character, Luffy!
Oda is good friends with many other manga artists, including those he worked with as an assistant. He even included a hidden message for Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, in one of his One Piece chapters.
Awards and Recognition
Eiichiro Oda has received many awards for his work:
- 1992: Second place in the Tezuka Award for Wanted!
- 1993: Hop☆Step Award for Ikki Yakō
- 2005, 2008, 2009: Sondermann Award in Germany for One Piece
- 2012: Grand Prize at the 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." He broke this record again in 2022!
- 2018: Kumamoto Prefecture Honorary Prize
- 2019: Most Searched Author at The Yahoo! Japan Search Awards
- 2019: Named one of Newsweek Japan's "100 Globally respected Japanese people."
- 2022: Special Lifetime Achievement Award at Napoli Comicon in Italy.
- 2023: 18th Shin Watanabe Award, for making a big impact in entertainment.
Manga Works
- 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–present)
- Cross Epoch (2007) – a crossover with Dragon Ball and Akira Toriyama
- Taste of the Devil Fruit (実食! 悪魔の実!!, Jisshoku! Akuma no Mi!!, 2011) – a crossover with Toriko and Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
Art Books
Oda has also released several art books for One Piece, called One Piece Color Walk:
- 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
- One Piece Color Walk 9 Tiger
- One Piece Color Walk 10 Dragon
Film and TV Projects
Oda has been deeply involved in the One Piece movies and TV show:
- One Piece Film: Strong World (2009) – He helped with story, designs, and was an executive producer.
- One Piece Film: Z (2012) – He helped with character and costume designs, and was an executive producer.
- One Piece Film: Gold (2016) – He designed characters and costumes, and was an executive producer.
- One Piece: Stampede (2019) – He helped with character and costume designs, and was a creative supervisor and executive producer.
- One Piece Film: Red (2022) – He was an executive producer, helped with character design, and reviewed the script.
- He is one of the executive producers for the 2023 One Piece live-action series by Netflix.
Other Creative Contributions
- He drew a special illustration for the creator of Chibi Maruko-chan after she passed away, showing his character Luffy with her character Maruko-chan.
- He worked with the fashion brand Gucci to create a lookbook featuring Luffy and Zoro in Gucci clothes.
- He drew an illustration for the "Karate" sport in the official program book for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
- He designed new characters and monsters for the 2023 video game One Piece Odyssey.
Images for kids
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Eiichiro Oda's signature
See also
In Spanish: Eiichirō Oda para niños
