Eiichiro Oda
Eiichiro Oda was born on January 1, 1975 in the town of Kumamoto. At a simple age of four years old, he decided to become a mangaka, the reason being he didn't want to do real jobs like everyone else. His dream was further inspired by reading Dragon Ball from his favorite mangaka of the time, Akira Toriyama. When he reached 17 years old, in the year of 1992, his dream came true when his first Manga entitled "Wanted! which was a collection of short stories, finally got published. This was the start of Oda's long, seccessful road ahead of him.
Oda left his college in 1994, heading to Tokyo to work with other mangaka. These were Shinobu Kaitani, Masaya Tokuhiro, and Nobuhiro Watsuki.
During these years, Oda created gathered ideas for an upcoming manga. Two versions of a manga called Romance Dawn was created, and not long after that, on issue #41 of Weekly Jump, the finalized series One Piece was published. From then on, Oda's series has done spectacular, with over 45 volumes and still breaking records.
One Piece (since 1997)
Wanted! (1998, Collection of the short stories below)
Wanted! (1992)
Kami kara mirai no present (1993)
Itsuki yakou (1993)
Monsters (1994)
Romance Dawn (Version 2, 1994)
