He identifies Motoo Abiko-more famously known as Fujiko A. Oda claims many different mangaka as inspirations and influences, having been an avid manga reader since he was four. Oda, Inaba and their daughters go on vacation abroad approximately once a year. Oda bought this house in 2006, after the birth of his eldest daughter. He usually visits their home during holiday breaks an opulent mansion located in Nerima ( 練馬区, Nerima-ku ?), a neighborhood in the metropolitan area of Tokyo where his wife and daughters reside. Virtually nothing else is known about either.ĭue to his rigorous work schedule, Oda lives apart from his wife and daughters, receiving visits from them roughly once per week. They welcomed their first daughter born in mid-2006 and a second daughter who was born in 2009. Oda and Inaba have had two daughters after their marriage in late 2004. After a period of dating of two years, they married on Novemin a private wedding. Inaba was an actress for the stage show ' One Piece Spectacle Stage' from 2001 to 2003. Inaba as Nami in 'One Piece Spectacle Stage'.Ģ6-year-old Oda met her during a live action musical about ONE PIECE at Jump Festa 2002, in December 2001, where Inaba, 23, costumed and acted as Nami. Inaba retired from modeling and performances in October 2004 at the age of 26 one month before she became Oda's spouse, she had been working for the Japanese models agency 'Mille Visage Agence' ( ミルヴィサージュアジャンス, Miru vuisāju ajansu ?). She was active as model and actress since mid-1990's to early 2000s and also as a 'Tarento' (タレント, Tarento ) in television shows in Japan. Inaba is a former model, actress, 'Campaign Girl', 'Race Queen' and 'Gravure Idol'. Įiichiro Oda's wife is Chiaki Inaba ( 稲葉ちあき, Inaba Chiaki ?) (born Kanagawa prefecture, Kantō, Japan, January 4, 1978). Oda has at least one sibling – an older sister, whom he has mentioned in his SBS columns.

His mother was an ordinary housewife, while his father Seiichiro Oda ( 尾田精一郎, Oda Seiichiro ?) was a salaryman who oil-painted as a hobby. Among Kumamoto's 'native' offerings, he particularly recommends horse sashimi ( 馬刺し, Basashi ?) and mustard lotusroot ( 辛子蓮根（からしれんこん）, Karashi renkon ?). Oda has stated that he enjoys meat, and does not specifically dislike any food. Correspondingly, his favorite directors include Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Quentin Tarantino, and Tim Burton, along with Baz Luhrmann and Masahiro Makino. In his spare time, Oda enjoys watching films, both domestic and foreign among his favorite are Seven Samurai, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Young Guns, Reservoir Dogs, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. His other favorite musicians include Bryan Adams, Eminem, and Izumi Kato. Oda is a fan of soul music, naming Brook Benton as his favorite in the genre. He generally requests that print interviews be illustrated by his personally-drawn caricatures, and only agrees to video recordings if they take care to avert his face (or cover it up in post-production). Per mangaka custom, Oda rarely allows himself to be photographed or filmed. Despite his age and status, he freely allows fans to address him with his grade-school nickname 'Odacchi' (or the even more intimate 'Ei-chan'). However, when interacting with fans-particularly in his SBS columns-Oda usually assumes a very laid-back, eccentric personality, eager to make jokes (especially those involving puns and/or toilet humor) and deprecate himself at any opportunity. This was gradually reduced through a combination of indulgence from the senior mangaka and discipline from the editors. ĭuring his first years at Shueisha, Oda was also noted to be unusually impatient and blunt for an aspiring mangaka, willing to argue with senior mangaka and editors on topics as major as story approval and minor as workplace music. By his own estimation, he sleeps only three hours per day during a typical work week. The most common of these is a striped tropical fish, best known for 'giving' all of Oda's weekly comments in Shonen Jump's table of contents in more detailed depictions (such as the Color Walks' Monochrome Talk headers), this fish is usually given human ears and affixed atop a human body like a mask.Īccording to both himself and his editors, Oda is an ardent worker and perfectionist. Like most mangaka, Oda typically uses outlandish caricatures to represent himself in printed works. When not in formal settings, he favors casual, Western-style clothing.

In real life, Oda is a Japanese man of average height, with few (if any) distinguishing features.

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