Eiichiro Oda Explained

Eiichiro Oda
Birth Date:1 January 1975
Birth Place:Kumamoto, Japan
Children:2
Notableworks:One Piece
Occupation:Manga artist
Years Active:1992–present
Awards:Grand Prize at 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award
Signature:Eiichiro Oda sign.svg

is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series One Piece. With more than 523.2 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide, One Piece is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling comic series printed in volume, in turn making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors. The series' popularity resulted in Oda being named one of the manga artists that changed the history of manga.[1]

Since November 7, 2004, Eiichiro Oda has been married to Chiaki Inaba (稲葉ちあき, Inaba Chiaki), a former model and actress whom he met in late 2003 during Jump Festa festival 2004.Oda and Inaba have had two daughters; the eldest was born in mid-2006 and the youngest in 2009.

Early life

Eiichiro Oda was born on January 1, 1975, in Kumamoto, Japan. At the age of four he resolved to become a manga artist in order to avoid having to get a "real job".[2] His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama and his series Dragon Ball.[3] He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking.[4] 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 manga artist/assistant to Shinobu Kaitani's series Suizan Police Gang before moving to Masaya Tokuhiro on Jungle King Tar-chan and Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman, 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.[5]

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.[6] [7] "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,[8] over 200 million by February 2011, had 320,866,000 copies printed worldwide by December 2014,[9] 430 million volumes in circulation worldwide as of October 2017,[10] 440million copies sold as of May 2018[11] and 450million in print as of March 2019.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] In 2013, the series won the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award Grand Prize, alongside Kimuchi Yokoyama's Nekodarake Nice.[15]

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.[16] In their 2010 poll on the Mangaka that Changed the History of Manga, Oda came in fourth.[17]

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.[18] [19] 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.[20] Following the particular success of this film, Oda also provided the character design for and executive produced the subsequent movies Z (2012), Gold (2016), Stampede (2019), and Red (2022).

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.[21] In 2011, Oda and Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro created the One Piece and Toriko crossover one-shot Taste of the Devil Fruit. Shimabukuro stated that he came up with the bulk of the story while Oda gave suggestions.[22]

Personal life

Eiichiro Oda's wife is Chiaki Inaba (稲葉ちあき, Inaba Chiaki) (born Kanagawa prefecture, Kantō, Japan, January 4, 1978). Inaba is a former model, actress, "Campaign Girl", "Race Queen", "Gravure Idol" and also a "Tarento" in japanese TV shows.[23]

At 28 years old, Oda met her during a live action stage show musical about ONE PIECE at Jump Festa festival 2004, in December 2003, where Inaba, 25, costumed and acted as Nami. Chiaki was a stage actress for the Jump Festa stage show "ONE PIECE Spectacle Stage" (ワンピーススペクタクルステージ) held since 2001 through 2003 in the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall. After this first meeting in 2003 during the Jump Festa musical stage "Operation Luffy Pirates Destruction" (ルフィ海賊団壊滅作戦, Rufi kaizoku-dan kaimetsu sakusen), they had a courtship for one year before they married.

Eiichiro Oda married Chiaki Inaba on November 7, 2004. They are parents of two daughters. Chiaki Inaba gave birth to a daughter in mid-2006, making Eiichiro Oda a father for the first time. Three years later, Oda and Inaba aged 34 and 31 respectively, welcomed a second daughter born sometime in 2009.

Due to his rigorous work schedule, Oda lives apart from his wife and daughters, receiving visits from them roughly once per week. He usually visits their home during holiday breaks, an opulent mansion located in Jiyugaoka (自由が丘, Jiyūgaoka), a neighborhood in southern Meguro in the Tokyo metropolis where his wife and daughters reside. Oda bought this house in 2006, after the birth of his eldest daughter. Oda, Inaba and their daughters go on vacation abroad approximately once a year.[24]

Oda regarded many mangaka both as his friends and rivals. Among these were his fellow assistants under Nobuhiro Watsuki; Hiroyuki Takei, and Mikio Itō. Still many years later, they remained good friends.[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 gave tribute in the ending of Naruto where the character Boruto Uzumaki makes a drawing of the Straw Hat Jolly Roger on a mountain.[27] Upon the release of Chapter 1,000 of One Piece, several of Oda's fellow mangaka rivals paid tribute in the author's comment section of Weekly Shōnen Jump by congratulating Oda for achieving this milestone.[28]

According to Oda himself and his manga editors, he is an ardent worker and perfectionist,[29] sleeping only three hours per day during a typical work week.[30]

He was hospitalized for a peritonsillar abscess in 2013 and later discharged from the hospital after two weeks. After a year, he underwent a tonsillectomy to completely cure his condition.[31]

Oda gifted Kumamoto Prefecture ¥800 million (US$8M/£4.9M) in 2018 after it suffered a damaging earthquake in 2016 that had affected its iconic Kumamoto Castle. Oda's ¥800M donation was offered in two separate gifts, one for ¥500M under Luffy's name (Luffy's current bounty at the time) and a second donation of ¥300M. Eiichiro Oda has long been a supporter of earthquake-stricken areas, writing supportive messages, contributing art for local products, and participating in the ONE PIECE Kumamoto Revival Project.[32]

Awards

Eiichiro Oda has received several awards and titles. His Awards lists:

Works

Manga

One Piece

Art books

Films

Other

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 『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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306232329/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/78202/full . "The writers who changed the history of Japanese manga", "the God of manga" Osamu Tezuka ranked first . そのほかには、『ONE PIECE』の【尾田栄一郎】が4位 . . March 6, 2012 . January 14, 2020 . ja . dead.
  2. Book: One Piece: Blue – Grand Data File . 2002 . . 4-08-873358-4.
  3. Book: One Piece Color Walk 1 . 2001 . . 4-08-859217-4.
  4. Web site: Vicky the Viking Anime Adapted into Live-Action Film . January 7, 2008 . . January 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102225825/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-07/vicky-the-viking-anime-adapted-into-live-action-film. January 2, 2014. live.
  5. Web site: Anime Expo 2002: Friday Report . Andrew . Tei . July 5, 2005 . Mania Entertainment . May 8, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080727032541/http://www.mania.com/anime-expo-friday-report_article_86123.html . July 27, 2008.
  6. Web site: One Piece's 'Prototype' Romance Dawn to be Animated . July 10, 2008 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080822071915/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-10/one-piece-prototype-romance-dawn-to-be-animated . August 22, 2008 . live.
  7. Book: Oda, Eiichiro . ja . Shueisha . Wanted! . 202 . 978-4088726311 . November 1998.
  8. Web site: 'One Piece' manga tops 300 million copies in print . November 12, 2013 . . January 1, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204062440/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201311120035 . February 4, 2015.
  9. Web site: One Piece Manga Sets Guinness World Record for Copies Printed for Comic by Single Author . . June 14, 2015 . June 15, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150617003039/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-06-14/one-piece-manga-sets-guinness-world-record-for-copies-printed-for-comic-by-single-author/.89275. June 17, 2015. live.
  10. Web site: One Piece Manga Has 430 Million Copies in Print Worldwide . . October 16, 2017 . 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.. https://web.archive.org/web/20171016232955/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-10-16/one-piece-manga-has-430-million-copies-in-print-worldwide/.122794. October 16, 2017. live.
  11. Web site: One Piece: 440 million copies of manga printed in the world! . MangaMag . May 21, 2018 . May 21, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042255/http://www.mangamag.fr/actualite/actualite-manga/one-piece-440-millions-dexemplaires-imprimes-dans-le-monde/. May 22, 2018. dead.
  12. Web site: One Piece Manga Has Printed 450 Million Copies Worldwide . . 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). . March 4, 2019 . March 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085903/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/03/03/one-piece-manga-has-printed-450-million-copies-worldwide. March 27, 2019. live.
  13. Web site: One Piece #56 Manga Gets Record 2.85-Million Print Run . November 27, 2009 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150330051101/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-11-27/one-piece-no.56-manga-gets-record-2.85-million-print-run . March 30, 2015 . live.
  14. Web site: One Piece Manga #67 Gets Record 4.05-Million Print Run . January 1, 2012 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150328224352/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-03/one-piece-manga-no.67-gets-record-4.05-million-print-run . March 28, 2015 . live.
  15. Web site: One Piece, Keiko Takemiya Win 41st Japan Cartoonist Awards . May 11, 2012 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103000156/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/one-piece-keiko-takemiya-win-41st-japan-cartoonist-awards . January 3, 2014 . live.
  16. Web site: Oricon: Nana's Yazawa, DB's Toriyama are Most Popular . March 4, 2008 . . March 4, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130719001248/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-04/oricon-nana-yazawa-db-toriyama-are-most-popular . July 19, 2013 . live.
  17. Web site: ja:『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 . http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/78202/full . ja . July 16, 2010 . . February 18, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140911092238/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/78202/full/ . September 11, 2014 . live.
  18. Web site: One Piece Creator Oda to Oversee Production of 10th Film . May 11, 2009 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201074812/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-11/one-piece-creator-oda-to-oversee-production-of-10th-film . February 1, 2014 . live.
  19. Web site: Mr. Children on 10th One Piece film, Becky on Shin-chan . October 21, 2009 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103000127/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-21/mr-children-on-10th-one-piece-film-becky-on-shin-chan . January 3, 2014 . live.
  20. Web site: 2009 One Piece Moviegoers to Get Manga Vol. 0 in Japan . October 18, 2009 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015080415/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-18/2009-one-piece-moviegoers-to-get-manga-vol-0-in-japan . October 15, 2013 . live.
  21. Web site: Dragon Ball & One Piece Creators Designed 2 Gaist Crusher Enemies . December 6, 2013 . . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231151449/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-06/dragon-ball-and-one-piece-creators-designed-2-gaist-crusher-enemies . December 31, 2013 . live.
  22. Web site: SNEAK PEEK: Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Interview Pt. 2 . . April 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415085035/http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/485 . April 15, 2012.
  23. Web site: Who is Chiaki Inaba? Eiichiro Oda's Wife Is A Former Actress . 2023-12-22 . puffups.com . December 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231222165646/https://puffups.com/who-is-chiaki-inaba-eiichiro-oda-wife/ . live .
  24. Web site: One Piece's Eiichiro Oda Is Married to a Real-Life Nami . CBR . September 11, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . September 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230920181653/https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-eiichiro-oda-wife-nami/ . live .
  25. Book: Watsuki, Nobuhiro . Kenshin Kaden . 1999 . . Interview with Nobuhiro Watsuki . 4-08-782037-8.
  26. Web site: One Piece Manga Sends Off Naruto With a Classy Secret Message . . November 6, 2014 . April 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170227202301/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-11-06/one-piece-manga-sends-off-naruto-with-a-classy-secret-message/.80738 . February 27, 2017 . live.
  27. 漫道コバヤシ第13号「NARUTO完結！岸本斉史SP」 . December 13, 2014 . ja . . Kobayashi No. 13 'Completion of Naruto! Masashi Kishimoto SP'.
  28. Web site: Mangaka Musings 01/03/2021. December 7, 2021. Viz. December 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211207121118/https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/mangaka-musings-01-03-2021. live.
  29. Web site: A Manga to Connect People. December 6, 2021. Grand Line. December 6, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206110246/https://www.thegrandline.com/odanon.htm. live.
  30. Web site: One Piece Creator Eiichiro Oda: I Sleep From 2 To 5 A.M.. December 6, 2021. Anime News Network. December 6, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206110244/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-11-29/one-piece-creator-eiichiro-oda/i-sleep-from-2-to-5-a.m. live.
  31. Web site: 「ワンピース」尾田栄一郎が扁桃周囲膿瘍で入院 連載は2週休載. December 7, 2021. Cinema Today. May 21, 2013. December 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209195342/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0053179. live.
  32. Web site: One Piece Creator Donates US$8 Million for Kumamoto Earthquake Relief . June 15, 2018 . . June 18, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180617072407/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-06-15/one-piece-creator-donates-usd8-million-for-kumamoto-earthquake-relief/.132968 . June 17, 2018 . live.
  33. Web site: Exclusive: Eiichiro Oda in Hop☆Step Manga Award (1994) . One Piece Podcast . May 29, 2014. February 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150315082859/http://onepiecepodcast.com/2014/05/29/exclusive-eiichiro-oda-in-hop%e2%98%86step-manga-award-1994/. March 15, 2015. live.
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  41. Web site: Il disegno speciale del creatore di One Piece, Eiichiro Oda, per il Comicon di Napoli. April 26, 2022. la Repubblica. April 25, 2022. April 25, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220425214524/https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2022/04/25/news/il_disegno_del_creatore_di_one_piece_eiichiro_oda_per_il_comicon_di_napoli-346737543/amp/. live.
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  43. Web site: Eiichiro Oda Wins The 18th Shin Watanabe Award as Producer for One Piece Film Red. March 3, 2023. Crunchyroll. March 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315023306/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/03/02/eiichiro-oda-wins-the-18th-shin-watanabe-award-as-producer-for-one-piece-film-red. live.
  44. Web site: Industry Responds to Chibi Maruko-chan Manga Creator Momoko Sakura's Death. December 7, 2021. Anime News Network. December 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211207125904/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-08-28/industry-responds-to-chibi-maruko-chan-manga-creator-momoko-sakura-death/.135987. live.
  45. Web site: One Piece Creator Brings Gucci Fashion To Luffy & Zoro. December 7, 2021. Screen Rant. September 30, 2020. December 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211207125904/https://screenrant.com/one-piece-gucci-fashion-art/amp/. live.
  46. Web site: One Piece's Eiichiro Oda Draws Original Illustration for French President. December 7, 2021. Anime News Network. November 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109073940/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-07-27/one-piece-eiichiro-oda-draws-original-illustration-for-french-president/.175567. live.
  47. Web site: Eiichiro Oda, Hajime Isayama, Naoko Takeuchi, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Draw Illustrations for Olympic Program. December 7, 2021. Anime News Network. December 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211207125908/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2021-07-13/eiichiro-oda-hajime-isayama-naoko-takeuchi-yoshikazu-yasuhiko-draw-illustrations-for-olympic-program/.175078. live.
  48. Web site: 'One Piece' Live-Action Series Based On Manga Classic Ordered By Netflix From Tomorrow Studios. Andreeva. Nellie. January 29, 2020. Deadline. en. January 30, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130002742/https://deadline.com/2020/01/one-piece-live-action-series-based-on-manga-classic-ordered-netflix-tomorrow-studios-1202845657/. January 30, 2020. live.
  49. Web site: Lada. Jenni. May 4, 2022. See How Eiichiro Oda Art Inspired a One Piece Odyssey Enemy. Siliconera. August 5, 2022. August 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220805122505/https://www.siliconera.com/see-how-eiichiro-oda-art-inspired-a-one-piece-odyssey-enemy/. live.

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