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Kazuyoshi Torii (Japanese: とりいかずよし, 12 November 1946 – 9 February 2022) was a Japanese manga artist and university professor.
Life and career
Born in Kamata, a defunct village today part of Okazaki, Torii started his career as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka.[1][2] He made his official debut as a mangaka in 1968 in Weekly Shōnen Sunday with the manga Kuchinashi Inu ("Dog With No Mouth").[2] He is best known for the provoking, taboo-free serializated manga Toilet Hakase [jp] ("Professor Toilet").[1][3][4] The manga debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump and sold over 10 million copies.[2][5]