1. Tohl Narita is best known for creating the characters and mechanics for the television programs in the Ultra series: Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven.
12 Facts About Tohl Narita
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Tohl Narita's family moved to Aomori shortly after his birth.
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When he was eight months old, Tohl Narita suffered a burn on his left hand after grabbing charcoal from the hearth in his abode; his hand didn't heal even after having many surgeries.
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Tohl Narita began school in April 1936, at Aomori Municipal Furukawa Elementary School.
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Tohl Narita decided he wanted to become a painter in the future.
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Tohl Narita then began working as a Tokusatsu artist for Toei starting in 1960.
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Tohl Narita is best noted for his work on the Ultra series, known in the vernacular as "Narita's Monsters".
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Tohl Narita continued to create and exhibit his oil painting and sculptures throughout his life, including a public artwork, Demon Monument, located in Fukuchi City, Kyoto.
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Tohl Narita's work was included in the Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture exhibition at the Japan Society in New York City.
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Tohl Narita's work was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the Aomori Museum in 2015 that included 700 pieces of his work.
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Tohl Narita died on February 26,2002, at age 72, from multiple cerebral infarctions.
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Tohl Narita's wife is named Ruri, with whom he had a son named Kairi.