Eiichiro Oda

Eiichiro Oda holds the Guinness World Record for most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author, a record he has broken multiple times. He is the first manga artist to have a single series surpass 500 million copies in circulation. His work has won every major manga award in Japan, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, Kodansha Manga Award, and Japan Cartoonists Association Grand Prize. He has been honored by his hometown with the Kumamoto Prefecture Honorary Citizen Award. Oda's influence extends globally, with One Piece consistently ranked as one of the best manga series of all time by critics and fans alike.