Masashi Kudō (工藤昌史 Kudō Masashi ) is an employee of the Japanese animation company Studio Pierrot, he is currently working on the adaptation of the Bleach manga into anime, along with the series' creator, Tite Kubo.[1]
He is also responsible from the design of some minor tertiary characters that do not appear in the manga and from the selection of colours for characters which have not been illustrated; this last task is also made in collaboration with the series' creator.
He has also made collaborations on several OVAs and ONAs; mostly as a character designer or key animator.