Kazuhiko Torishima
Kazuhiko Torishima (Japanese: 鳥嶋 和彦, Hepburn: Torishima Kazuhiko, born October 19, 1952) is a Japanese publishing executive and former manga magazine editor, who is currently serving as an outside director at Bushiroad. He formerly worked at Shueisha, where he began as an editor in 1976, before becoming a senior managing director (CEO), and later a Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions director. When he moved to Hakusensha in 2015, he first served as president, then representative director, before taking on the role of advisor. He began working for Bushiroad at the end of 2022.
Kazuhiko Torishima | |
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鳥嶋 和彦 | |
| Born | October 19, 1952 Ojiya, Niigata, Japan |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Known for | Shueisha manga magazine editing |
| Title | Outside director at Bushiroad |
Torishima is often associated with works from the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, for which he was editor-in-chief from 1996 to 2001. He was manga author Akira Toriyama's editor during the run of Dr. Slump and through the first half of Dragon Ball. Torishima received a Special Achievement Award at the 2022 Japan Media Arts Festival for his work in manga, including the discovering of Toriyama and establishing the now "indispensable cross-media production method".