Toriyama (written: 鳥山, 通山) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with this surname include: Airi Toriyama (born 1989), Japanese actress and singer Akira Toriyama (born 1955), Japanese manga and game artist Akira Toriyama (ophthalmologist) (1898–1994), Japanese ophthalmologist and photographer Motomu Toriyama, Japanese game director and scenario writer Toriyama Sekien (1712–1788), scholar and ukiyo-e artist Japanese-language surnames