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Tetsuya Nishio
Additional CreditsBorn June 23, 1968 (57 years)
Tetsuya Nishio (西尾 鉄也, Nishio Tetsuya, born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and character designer. He began his career in 1988 at Studio Pierrot as an in-between animator for the TV series Osomatsu-kun, and remained at Pierrot until 1999 where he'd then join Production I.G at the behest of Hiroyuki Okiura, who previously invited him to work in a leading capacity on his film adapation of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, and where he remains in an official capacity. Prior to the final decisions regarding Naruto's anime adapation, mangaka Masashi Kishimoto (being a fan of his prior work on Ninku) requested Nishio to become the character designer for Naruto, for which Nishio obliged. Nishio has since remained the franchise's lead character designer and overall senior staff for over two decades. He is considered one of the "Three Gods of IG" along with Hiroyuki Okiura and Kazuchika Kise and was rewarded the Best Character Design Award at the 8th Tokyo Anime Awards in 2009 for his outstanding work on Sky Crawlers, where he designed the characters and was key animation supervisor.
Filmography
| 2024 | Kaiju No. 8 (TV Series) · as Character Designer |
| 2022 | Play It Cool, Guys (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2022 | Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto · as Supervising Animation Director |
| 2022 | Vampire in the Garden (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2021 | The Deer King · as Key Animation |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions (TV Series) · as Character Designer |
| 2021 | Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time · as Key Animation |
| 2018 | B: The Beginning (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2017 | Magical Circle Guru Guru (2017) (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2017 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (TV Series) · as Animation Director |
| 2017 | Napping Princess · as Key Animation |
| 2016 | Dou Kyu Sei: Classmates · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | Boruto: Naruto the Movie · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | Miss Hokusai · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2015 | Maria the Virgin Witch (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2014 | The Last: Naruto the Movie · as Supervising Animation Director |
| 2014 | Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone · as Key Animation |
| 2014 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears · as Key Animation |
| 2014 | Haikyu!! (TV Series) · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2014 | Giovanni's Island · as Key Animation |
| 2013 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers · as Key Animation |
| 2013 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain · as Character Designer |
| 2012 | Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo · as Key Animation |
| 2012 | Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie · as Character Designer |
| 2012 | Blood-C: The Last Dark · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | A Letter to Momo · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison · as Character Designer |
| 2011 | Honoo no Chuunin Shiken! Naruto vs Konohamaru · as Character Designer |
| 2011 | Penguindrum (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | Bunny Drop (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | Blood-C (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party · as Key Animation |
| 2011 | Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon · as Character Designer |
| 2010 | Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower · as Character Designer |
| 2010 | Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It! · as Character Designer |
| 2010 | You're Being Summoned, Azazel (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2009 | Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2009 | Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike · as Key Animation |
| 2009 | Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2009 | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance · as Key Animation |
| 2009 | Eden of the East (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2008 | Michiko & Hatchin (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2008 | The Sky Crawlers · as Key Animation |
| 2008 | Naruto Shippuden: The Movie - Bonds · as Character Designer |
| 2008 | Real Drive (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2007 | Naruto Shippûden: The Movie · as Character Designer |
| 2007 | Naruto Shippuden (TV Series) · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2006 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society · as Character Designer |
| 2006 | Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom · as Key Animation |
| 2006 | Tales from Earthsea · as Key Animation |
| 2006 | Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven · as Character Designer |
| 2005 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man · as Character Designer |
| 2005 | Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel · as Character Designer |
| 2005 | KARAS (TV Series) · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2004 | Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow · as Key Animation |
| 2004 | Steamboy · as Key Animation |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence · as Key Animation |
| 2004 | Paranoia Agent (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2003 | Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village · as Character Designer |
| 2002 | Naruto (TV Series) · as Character Designer |
| 2002 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2002 | The Cat Returns · as Key Animation |
| 2002 | .hack//Liminality (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2002 | MiniPato: Mobile Police Patlabor Minimum (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 2001 | Millennium Actress · as Key Animation |
| 2000 | Blood: The Last Vampire · as Key Animation |
| 2000 | FLCL (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 1999 | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade · as Character Designer |
| 1999 | Medabots (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 1999 | Great Teacher Onizuka (TV Series) · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 1994 | Ninku (TV Series) · as Opening/ending Animation |
| 1994 | Yu Yu Hakusho: Fight for the Netherworld · as Animation Director |
| 1993 | Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie · as Key Animation |
| 1992 | Yu Yu Hakusho (TV Series) · as Key Animation |
| 1990 | The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors (TV Series) · as Key Animation |