Kazuyoshi Torii
Japanese manga artist and professor (1946–2022)
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Kazuyoshi Torii (Japanese: とりいかずよし, 12 November 1946 – 9 February 2022) was a Japanese manga artist and university professor.
Kazuyoshi Torii | |
|---|---|
とりいかずよし | |
| Born | 12 November 1946 Kamata, Eda-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Allied-occupied Japan |
| Died | 9 February 2022 (aged 75) Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
Life and career
Born in Kamata, a defunct village today part of Okazaki, Torii started his career as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka.[1][2] He made his official debut as a mangaka in 1968 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday with the manga Kuchinashi Inu ("Dog With No Mouth").[2] He is best known for the provoking, taboo-free serializated manga Toilet Hakase ("Professor Toilet").[1][3][4] The manga debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump and sold over 10 million copies.[2][5]
Besides his activity as an artist, Torii was a manga professor at the Aichi Shukutoku University.[2][5] He died of pancreatic cancer in Nagoya on 9 February 2022, at the age of 75.[5]
