Kazuto Nakazawa

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-03-04 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Niigata, Japan

Also Known As 中沢一登, 中澤 一登

Kazuto Nakazawa

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".

Known For

Director

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Series Director

2021
2015
Comedy Skit 1989

as Director

2014
2013
Vassalord.

as Director

2012
Medusa's Revenge

as Director

2008
2008
Ani*Kuri15

as Director

2008
Moondrive

as Director

2008
2007
Ani*Kuri15

as Director

2005
FLUXIMATION

as Director

2004
Samurai Champloo

as Director

2003
Parasite Dolls

as Director

2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1

as First Assistant Director

2003
Parasite Dolls

as Director

2002
Deep Imagination

as Director

2002
Comedy

as Director

Visual Effects

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Supervising Animation Director

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Animation Director

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Character Designer

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Key Animation

2019
2016
Days

as Character Designer

2014
Giovanni's Island

as Key Animation

2014
Terror in Resonance

as Character Designer

2014
Haikyu!!

as Key Animation

2014
Japan Animator Expo

as Character Designer

2014
Terror in Resonance

as Animation Director

2014
Japan Animator Expo

as Key Animation

2014
Terror in Resonance

as Supervising Animation Director

2014
Terror in Resonance

as Key Animation

2013
Vassalord.

as Key Animation

2013
Attack on Titan

as Key Animation

2013
Attack on Titan

as Opening/Ending Animation

2012
Kuroko's Basketball

as Key Animation

2012
Kids on the Slope

as Key Animation

2011
Usagi Drop

as Key Animation

2011
Hunter x Hunter

as Key Animation

2010
House of Five Leaves

as Character Designer

2008
Hells

as Animation Director

2008
Hells

as Character Designer

2008
Genius Party Beyond

as Character Designer

2008
Genius Party Beyond

as Animation Director

2008
Genius Party Beyond

as Key Animation

2007
Tokyo Marble Chocolate

as Key Animation

2004
Steamboy

as Key Animation

2004
Samurai Champloo

as Character Designer

2004
Samurai Champloo

as Supervising Animation Director

2004
Samurai Champloo

as Animation Director

2004
Samurai Champloo

as Key Animation

2003
Parasite Dolls

as Key Animation

2002
RahXephon

as Key Animation

2000
Mezzo Forte

as Key Animation

1999
Legend of Black Heaven

as Character Designer

1999
Sol Bianca: The Legacy

as Key Animation

1998
1998
Blue Submarine No. 6

as Key Animation

1998
1997
Virus Buster Serge

as Key Animation

1997
Detatoko Princess

as Key Animation

1997
1996
Landlock

as Character Designer

1996
Spring and Chaos

as Key Animation

1996
Battle Arena Toshinden

as Key Animation

1996
Battle Arena Toshinden

as Character Designer

1996
Battle Arena Toshinden

as Animation Director

1996
Shamanic Princess

as Key Animation

1996
Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer

as Key Animation

1996
Midori no Makibaō

as Key Animation

1995
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World

as Character Designer

1995
Ninku

as Key Animation

1995
El-Hazard: The Magnificent World

as Animation Director

1995
El-Hazard: The Wanderers

as Key Animation

1994
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture

as Animation Director

1994
Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom

as Animation Director

1993
Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

as Animation Director

1993
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

as Key Animation

1991
Roujin Z

as Key Animation

1991
Akai Hayate

as Key Animation

1990
1990
A Wind Named Amnesia

as Key Animation

1990
1990
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

as Animation Director

1990
Record of Lodoss War

as Key Animation

1990
Guardian of Darkness

as Key Animation

1989
1989
1989
Hi-Speed Jecy

as Key Animation

1989
Angel Cop

as Key Animation

1988
Armor Hunter Merowlink

as Key Animation

1988
1986
Violence Jack

as Key Animation

Writer

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Original Story

2015
Comedy Skit 1989

as Screenplay

2014
2008
Moondrive

as Screenplay

2008
Genius Party Beyond

as Screenplay

2008
2004
2003
Parasite Dolls

as Writer

2003
Parasite Dolls

as Screenplay

Art

2022
Aoashi

as Storyboard Artist

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Storyboard Artist

1997
Virus Buster Serge

as Storyboard Artist

1995

Sound

2021
Fena: Pirate Princess

as Sound Director

Creator

2003
Parasite Dolls

as Creator