Kazuto Nakazawa
Born: 1968-03-04 in Niigata, Japan
Known For: Directing
Biography
Kazuto Nakazawa (中澤 一登, Nakazawa Kazuto, born March 4, 1968) is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji (辻 武司, Tsuji Takeshi). His directorial work includes Parasite Dolls, the anime sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1, and the Moondrive segment of Genius Party Beyond. He has designed characters for many anime, such as Ashita no Nadja and Samurai Champloo, for which he also served as animation director. In addition to his work with anime, he designed the characters of Tales of Legendia and was the animation director of Devil Kings. Throughout his career, he has worked also as an animator, providing key animations to anime such as The Animatrix's "Kid's Story" and "A Detective Story." He has made two appearances at anime conventions in the United States: at Otakon in 1999 and 2006. He also animated the Joe Hahn-directed music video for the Linkin Park song "Breaking the Habit."
Filmography
2026
- 20001 An Earth Odyssey ... (Character Designer)
2022
- Aoashi ... (Storyboard Artist)
2021
- Fena: Pirate Princess ... (Series Director)
2019
- Case File N° 221: Kabukicho ... (Key Animation)
2018
- B: The Beginning ... (Series Director)
2016
- Days ... (Character Designer)
2015
- Comedy Skit 1989 ... (Director)
2014
- Haikyu!! ... (Key Animation)
- Japan Animator Expo ... (Director)
- Terror in Resonance ... (Character Designer)
- Giovanni's Island ... (Key Animation)
2013
- Attack on Titan ... (Key Animation)
- Oreshura ... (Key Animation)
- Vassalord. ... (Director)
2012
- Kuroko's Basketball ... (Key Animation)
- Kids on the Slope ... (Key Animation)
- Kid Icarus ... (Director)
- Medusa's Revenge ... (Director)
2011
- Hunter x Hunter ... (Key Animation)
- Usagi Drop ... (Key Animation)
2010
- House of Five Leaves ... (Character Designer)
2009
- Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike ... (Key Animation)
2008
- Genius Party Beyond ... (Director)
- Genius Party Beyond ... (Director)
- Hells ... (Animation Director)
- Ani*Kuri15 ... (Director)
2007
- Tokyo Marble Chocolate ... (Key Animation)
- Ani*Kuri15 ... (Director)
2006
- Deep Imagination ... (Director)
2005
- FLUXIMATION ... (Director)
2004
- Samurai Champloo ... (Character Designer)
- Steamboy ... (Key Animation)
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ... (First Assistant Director)
- Parasite Dolls ... (Key Animation)
- Kid's Story ... (Key Animation)
- A Detective Story ... (Key Animation)
- Parasite Dolls ... (Director)
- The Second Renaissance Part I ... (Key Animation)
2001
- Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon ... (Animation Director)
2000
- Mezzo Forte ... (Key Animation)
1999
- Legend of Black Heaven ... (Character Designer)
- Sol Bianca: The Legacy ... (Key Animation)
1998
- His and Her Circumstances ... (Key Animation)
- Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 ... (Key Animation)
- Blue Submarine No. 6 ... (Key Animation)
- Virgin Fleet ... (Key Animation)
1997
- Virus Buster Serge ... (Key Animation)
- Detatoko Princess ... (Key Animation)
- Photon: The Idiot Adventures ... (Key Animation)
- Tenchi in Tokyo ... (Animation Director)
1996
- Midori no Makibaō ... (Key Animation)
- Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer ... (Key Animation)
- Battle Arena Toshinden ... (Key Animation)
- Shamanic Princess ... (Key Animation)
- Landlock ... (Character Designer)
- Spring and Chaos ... (Key Animation)
1995
- Ninku ... (Key Animation)
- The Brave of Gold Goldran ... (Key Animation)
- El-Hazard: The Magnificent World ... (Character Designer)
- El-Hazard: The Wanderers ... (Key Animation)
1994
- Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture ... (Animation Director)
- Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom ... (Animation Director)
1993
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ... (Key Animation)
- Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle ... (Animation Director)
1992
- Tenchi Muyo! ... (Animation Director)
- All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku ... (Key Animation)
1991
- Akai Hayate ... (Key Animation)
- Roujin Z ... (Key Animation)
- Nyūin Bokki Monogatari Ojiji ni! ... (Key Animation)
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III ... (Animation Director)
1990
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water ... (Animation Director)
- Record of Lodoss War ... (Key Animation)
- Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude ... (Key Animation)
- Guardian of Darkness ... (Key Animation)
- A Wind Named Amnesia ... (Key Animation)
- Violence Jack: Hell's Wind ... (Key Animation)
1989
- Angel Cop ... (Key Animation)
- The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor ... (Key Animation)
- Hi-Speed Jecy ... (Key Animation)
- The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor ... (Key Animation)
1988
- Armor Hunter Merowlink ... (Key Animation)
- Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu ... (Key Animation)
1986
- Violence Jack ... (Key Animation)