Kazuto Nakazawa
Directing
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."
Known for
Directing18
tvFena: Pirate Princess
2021
Series Director, Director
tvB: The Beginning
2018
Series Director, Director
movieComedy Skit 1989
2015
Director
tvJapan Animator Expo
2014
Director
movieVassalord.
2013
Director
tvKid Icarus
2012
Director
movieGenius Party Beyond
2008
Director
tvGenius Party Beyond
2008
Director
movieAni*Kuri15
2008
Director
tvAni*Kuri15
2007
Director
movieDeep Imagination
2006
Director
movieFLUXIMATION
2005
Director
tvSamurai Champloo
2004
Director
movieKill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
First Assistant Director
movieParasite Dolls
2003
Director
tvParasite Dolls
2003
Director
movieComedy
2002
Director
Visual Effects75
movie20001 An Earth Odyssey
2026
Character Designer
tvFena: Pirate Princess
2021
Supervising Animation Director, Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
tvCase File N° 221: Kabukicho
2019
Key Animation
tvB: The Beginning
2018
Animation Director, Key Animation
tvDays
2016
Character Designer
tvJapan Animator Expo
2014
Character Designer, Key Animation
tvTerror in Resonance
2014
Character Designer, Animation Director, Supervising Animation Director, Key Animation
tvHaikyu!!
2014
Key Animation
movieGiovanni's Island
2014
Key Animation
tvAttack on Titan
2013
Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation
movieVassalord.
2013
Key Animation
tvOreshura
2013
Key Animation
tvKids on the Slope
2012
Key Animation
tvKuroko's Basketball
2012
Key Animation
tvHunter x Hunter
2011
Key Animation
tvUsagi Drop
2011
Key Animation
tvHouse of Five Leaves
2010
Character Designer
movieTales of Vesperia: The First Strike
2009
Key Animation
movieHells
2008
Animation Director, Character Designer
movieGenius Party Beyond
2008
Animation Director, Character Designer
tvGenius Party Beyond
2008
Key Animation
tvTokyo Marble Chocolate
2007
Key Animation
movieSteamboy
2004
Key Animation
tvSamurai Champloo
2004
Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
movieBreaking the Habit
2004
Animation Director
movieKid's Story
2003
Key Animation
tvParasite Dolls
2003
Key Animation
movieA Detective Story
2003
Key Animation
movieThe Second Renaissance Part I
2003
Key Animation
tvRahXephon
2002
Key Animation
movieDigimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon
2001
Animation Director
movieMezzo Forte
2000
Key Animation
tvSol Bianca: The Legacy
1999
Key Animation
tvLegend of Black Heaven
1999
Character Designer
tvBlue Submarine No. 6
1998
Key Animation
tvBubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
1998
Key Animation
tvHis and Her Circumstances
1998
Key Animation
tvVirgin Fleet
1998
Key Animation
tvDetatoko Princess
1997
Key Animation
tvPhoton: The Idiot Adventures
1997
Key Animation
tvVirus Buster Serge
1997
Key Animation
tvTenchi in Tokyo
1997
Animation Director, Key Animation
movieSpring and Chaos
1996
Key Animation
tvVoltage Fighter Gowcaizer
1996
Key Animation
tvBattle Arena Toshinden
1996
Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
tvLandlock
1996
Character Designer
tvShamanic Princess
1996
Key Animation
tvMidori no Makibaō
1996
Key Animation
tvEl-Hazard: The Wanderers
1995
Key Animation
tvEl-Hazard: The Magnificent World
1995
Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
tvThe Brave of Gold Goldran
1995
Key Animation
tvNinku
1995
Key Animation
movieLupin the Third: Dragon of Doom
1994
Animation Director
movieFatal Fury: The Motion Picture
1994
Animation Director
tvJoJo's Bizarre Adventure
1993
Key Animation
movieFatal Fury 2: The New Battle
1993
Animation Director
tvAll Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
1992
Key Animation
tvTenchi Muyo!
1992
Animation Director
tvNyūin Bokki Monogatari Ojiji ni!
1991
Key Animation
movieRoujin Z
1991
Key Animation
movieNadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story III
1991
Animation Director
tvAkai Hayate
1991
Key Animation
movieA Wind Named Amnesia
1990
Key Animation
movieViolence Jack: Hell's Wind
1990
Key Animation
tvRecord of Lodoss War
1990
Key Animation
movieGude Crest: The Emblem of Gude
1990
Key Animation
tvNadia: The Secret of Blue Water
1990
Animation Director
tvGuardian of Darkness
1990
Key Animation
movieThe Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1989
Key Animation
tvThe Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1989
Key Animation
tvHi-Speed Jecy
1989
Key Animation
tvAngel Cop
1989
Key Animation
tvArmor Hunter Merowlink
1988
Key Animation
tvMahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu
1988
Key Animation
tvViolence Jack
1986
Key Animation
Writing9
tvFena: Pirate Princess
2021
Original Story
movieComedy Skit 1989
2015
Screenplay
movieGenius Party Beyond
2008
Screenplay
tvSamurai Champloo
2004
Writer
movieParasite Dolls
2003
Writer
tvParasite Dolls
2003
Screenplay
Art5
tvAoashi
2022
Storyboard Artist
tvFena: Pirate Princess
2021
Storyboard Artist
tvB: The Beginning
2018
Storyboard Artist
tvVirus Buster Serge
1997
Storyboard Artist
tvEl-Hazard: The Magnificent World
1995
Storyboard Artist
Sound1
tvFena: Pirate Princess
2021
Sound Director