Eiichiro Oda
Eiichiro Oda (Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) 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.
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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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.