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When Kumamoto was struck by two earthquakes in 2016, Oda donated ¥800 million (about 7 million dollars) to the city. Through One Piece, Oda was also able to give back to his hometown. The couple was married in 2004 and now has two kids. The two met at Jump Festa 2002 where Inaba played Nami in a stage play version of One Piece. Not only did One Piece bring him fame and fortune, but it also led him to meet Chiaki Inaba.Ĭhiaki Inaba was a model prior to meeting Oda, and not much is known about her career. A year later, Oda began releasing One Piece.

During that time, he released two one-shots titled Romance Dawn with Luffy as the protagonist. As a result, he was offered a job at Shonen Jump and became the assistant to three mangakas: Liar Game’s Shinobu Kaitani, J ungle King Tar-chan’s Masaya Tokuhiro, and Rurouni Kenshin ’s Nobuhiro Watsuki. At a young age, he knew he wanted to become a mangaka and set on a journey to do so.Īt the age of 17, Oda won the Tezuka Award for his short story Wanted!. Oda was born in January 1975 in Kumamoto. Even when he does interviews now, he requests that his face be edited out or that the camera does not record his face. In true mangaka fashion, not much is known about Oda’s personal life besides his birthplace, his beginnings in the manga business, his mansion, and his marriage to his wife. After seeing how much One Piece has contributed to pop culture, it is not surprising that Oda has a net worth of a little over $200 million as of 2020. One Piece has been in serialization since 1997 and it has about 96 volumes, 20 seasons, 14 films, over 30 video games, and it’s very own theme park, Tokyo One Piece Tower.

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Eiichiro Oda is famous for writing the hit series One Piece.

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