Eiichiro Oda

Eiichiro Oda (尾田栄一郎, Eiichiro Oda, Kumamoto , January 1 1975 ) is a Japanese manga artist .

Oda was born in the prefecture of Kumamoto . At seventeen Oda received the Tezuka Award for the short story Wanted!. In 1993 published his first work independently drawn, Kami kara mirai no Present (gift from God). In the same year was Oda at another drawing talent contest a prize for his manga Ikki Yakou and he was discovered by the Weekly JUMP Team as great talent. In 1994 Oda stopped his training, he moved to Tokyo to there as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki ( Rurouni Kenshin to work).Meanwhile, he published two short story Samples and Romance Dawn. The manga One Piece was the big breakthrough for him.

Oda loves Lego, movies and Wicki. He hates cockroaches and spiders . His lievelingsmangaka is Akira Toriyama, who Dragonball signed and whose drawing style has influenced Oda's work, as is recognized in One Piece. He is married to Chiaki Inaba, who Nami plays Jump Festa One Piece performances.