Tetsuya Nishio
Tetsuya Nishio (西尾 鉄也, Nishio Tetsuya, born 23 June 1968 in Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and character designer. Tetsuya began his career in 1988 at Studio Pierrot as an in-between animator for the TV series Osomatsu-kun, he was a Pierrot employee until 1996, where he'd then begin a short stint as a freelancer. In 1999, he joined 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.
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Movies (54)
Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1
2026 · Character Designer
Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto
2022 · Supervising Animation Director, Key Animation
The Deer King
2021 · Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Key Animation
Napping Princess
2017 · Key Animation
Phantom of the Kill: Zero's Rebellion
2016 · Key Animation
Dou kyu sei – Classmates
2016 · Key Animation
Boruto: Naruto the Movie
2015 · Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
Miss Hokusai
2015 · Key Animation
The Last: Naruto the Movie
2014 · Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
2014 · Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears
2014 · Key Animation
Giovanni's Island
2014 · Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
2013 · Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013 · Animation Director, Character Designer, Key Animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
2012 · Key Animation
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
2012 · Character Designer
Blood-C: The Last Dark
2012 · Key Animation
A Letter to Momo
2012 · Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
2011 · Character Designer
Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru!
2011 · Character Designer
Legend of the Millennium Dragon
2011 · Character Designer
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
2011 · Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower
2010 · Character Designer, Opening/Ending Animation
Naruto OVA 7: Naruto, the Genie, and the Three Wishes, Believe It!
2010 · Character Designer
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
2009 · Key Animation
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire
2009 · Opening/Ending Animation, Character Designer, Key Animation
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
2009 · Key Animation
Film director Mamoru Oshii: Turning fantasies into reality
2008
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
2008 · Character Designer, Key Animation
The Sky Crawlers
2008 · Character Designer, Key Animation, Animation Director
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
2007 · Storyboard Artist, Character Designer
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
2007 · Production Illustrator, Character Designer
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
2006 · Key Animation, Character Designer
Tales from Earthsea
2006 · Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
2006 · Character Designer, Animation Director
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
2005 · Character Designer
Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
2005 · Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
Space Station No.9
2005 · Key Animation
Oval x Over
2005 · Key Animation
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
2004 · Key Animation, Character Designer
Steamboy
2004 · Key Animation
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
2004 · Supervising Animator, Key Animation, Character Designer, Animation Director
Naruto: The Lost Story - Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!
2003 · Character Designer
Millennium Actress
2002 · Key Animation
The Cat Returns
2002 · Key Animation
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001 · Opening/Ending Animation
Blood: The Last Vampire
2000 · Key Animation
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
1999 · Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
Virtua Fighter: Costomize Clip
1996 · Key Animation
Ninku the Movie
1995 · Animation Director
Ninku: Tomb of Knives
1994 · Character Designer, Animation Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report
1994 · Animation Director
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - The Golden Seal
1993 · Key Animation
TV shows (35)
Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi
2026 · Character Designer
Kaiju No. 8
2024 · Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director
Play It Cool, Guys
2022 · Key Animation
Vampire in the Garden
2022 · Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
Star Wars: Visions
2021 · Character Designer
B: The Beginning
2018 · Key Animation
Magical Circle Guruguru
2017 · Key Animation
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
2017 · Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation, Title Illustration
Sand Whale and Me
2017 · Title Graphics
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture
2015 · Key Animation, Animation Director
Maria the Virgin Witch
2015 · Animation Director, Key Animation
Haikyu!!
2014 · Opening/Ending Animation
Usagi Drop
2011 · Key Animation
Penguindrum
2011 · Key Animation
Blood-C
2011 · Key Animation
You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san
2011 · Key Animation
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
2009 · Key Animation
Eden of the East
2009 · Key Animation
Michiko & Hatchin
2008 · Key Animation
Real Drive
2008 · Key Animation
Naruto Shippūden
2007 · Opening/Ending Animation, Supervising Animation Director, Key Animation, Production Illustrator, Character Designer
Karas
2005 · Opening/Ending Animation
Paranoia Agent
2004 · Key Animation
Naruto
2002 · Opening/Ending Animation, Character Designer
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002 · Character Designer, Animation Director, Key Animation
.hack//Liminality
2002 · Key Animation
MiniPato
2002 · Key Animation, Character Designer
FLCL
2000 · Key Animation
Medabots
1999 · Key Animation
Great Teacher Onizuka
1999 · Opening/Ending Animation
His and Her Circumstances
1998 · Opening/Ending Animation
Ninku
1995 · Opening/Ending Animation, Animation Director, Key Animation, Character Designer
Yu Yu Hakusho
1992 · Key Animation
The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors
1990 · Key Animation
NARUTO×NINKU
· Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director