Toriyama originally created Kuririn along with the Tenka'ichi BudÅkai as a method to help add depth to the story, as his editor Kazuhiko Torishima had stated that the series' protagonist, Goku, was too plain.
Kazuhiko Torishima | Kazuhiko Masada | Kazuhiko Tokuno | Kazuhiko Matsumoto | Kazuhiko Kato (musician) | Kazuhiko Kato |
According to Anime News Network (ANN), at the New Manga Creators Awards ceremony Kazuhiko Torishima, senior managing director and editor, said he wanted "new manga authors to produce manga that would blow away Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara" and Masahiko Ibaraki, editor-in-chief of its third editorial department, added that he did not want the increased regulations to have a chilling effect on their content and they would still feature anything that was exciting.