Tetsuya Nishio
Tetsuya Nishio was born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture is a Japanese animator, character designer and puzzle setter. Nishio began his career as an inbetweener for the TV series Osomatsu-kun (1988). He worked for Studio Pierrot on Ninku (1995-1996).
Tetsuya Nishio
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Tetsuya Nishio was born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture is a Japanese animator, character designer and puzzle setter. Nishio began his career as an inbetweener for the TV series Osomatsu-kun (1988). He worked for Studio Pierrot on Ninku (1995-1996).
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Since he was hired to work on Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999), he has worked for Production I.G, having previously done freelance work. Minipato came about because Nishio made some promotional character illustrations which Patlabor series creator Oshii liked. Nishio Millennium Actress (2001), and The Cat Returns (2002). He won the Tokyo Anime Award for best character design at the Tokyo International Anime Fair for his work on The Sky Crawlers in 2009. Nishio is particularly noted for his designs of older men. Masashi Kishimoto requested that Tetsuya Nishio oversee the character designs of Naruto when the manga was adapted into an anime series. An artbook has been released of his works, called The Art of Tetsuya Nishio: Full Spectrum. Nishio is also a professional puzzle setter. Described by the The Times as "the undisputed grand puzzle master of sudoku", he creates about 15 puzzles per day (As of 2025). He is also credited with the invention of killer sudoku, a sudoku variation.
Tetsuya Nishio is recorded with the occupation character designer. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as animator, film director and character designer.
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- 1.Production I.G. Tetsuya Nishio receives Best Character Design Award at the 8th Tokyo Anime Awards. 27 March 2009.
- 2.Studio Pierrot.
- 3.Plan de Vol #5. Cahiers du Cinéma.
- 4.Ruh, Brian. Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii. Springer. 122. 2016. 9781137437907.
- 5.Camp, Brian. Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 must-see Japanese animation masterpieces. Stone Bridge Press. 237. 2007. 9781933330228.
- 6.Ponyo Wins Tokyo Anime Fair's Animation of the Year. Anime News Network. 19 February 2009.
- 7.www.style.fm.
- 8.Gan, Sheuo Hui. Manga's Cultural Crossroads. Taylor and Francis. 227. 2013. 978-1-134-10283-9.
- 9.Style Publishes "The Art of Tetsuya Nishio: Full Spectrum". Crunchyroll. 16 August 2016.
- 10.Lewis, Leo. Too good for Fiendish? Then try Killer Su Doku. The Times. T2. 31 August 2005.
- 11.Turpin, Adrian. The rise and rise of Sudoku. The Independent. 9 April 2006.
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