Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 鳥山(Japanese Kanji) とりやま(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /to̞.ɾi.jä.mä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill". A notable bearer of this surname is Akira Toriyama (1955–), a manga artist best known for creating the Dragon Ball manga series.
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