Bird Studio, the Kiyosu City building Akira Toriyama designed and used as both home and workplace, is being demolished. A city road occupancy permit issued Oct. 19, 2026 covers demolition work from Oct. 21 to Nov. 20, and photos from Oct. 30 show scaffolding around the building.
Bird Studio is the Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture building that Akira Toriyama designed and used as both home and workplace. Photos posted on X on Oct. 25, 2026 show demolition activity there, and a road occupancy permit issued by the city on Oct. 19 names "Toriyama Bird Studio demolition work" and covers Oct. 21 to Nov. 20. Photos from Oct. 30 show scaffolding around the building.
The permit gives the demolition a stated window and a named work description, so the removal is documented at the municipal level rather than only through posted images. The reason for the demolition is unconfirmed. Inheritance tax has been raised as speculation on X, not as a confirmed cause.
Yomimono's other Bird Studio story is about Tin Bird Studio, an unrelated developer, and its free Steam demo for the robot repair simulator All Our Broken Parts. It carries no information about the Kiyosu City building or its demolition.
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Photos posted on X on Oct. 25, 2026 show demolition activity at Bird Studio, the Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture building that Akira Toriyama designed and used as both home and workplace. A road occupancy permit issued by the city on Oct. 19 names "Toriyama Bird Studio demolition work" and covers Oct. 21 to Nov. 20. Photos from Oct. 30 show scaffolding around the building.