Yasushi Nirasawa
| Yasushi Nirasawa | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 韮沢 靖 |
| Born |
August 26, 1963 Niigata Prefecture |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Creature designer |
Yasushi Nirasawa (韮沢 靖 Nirasawa Yasushi, August 26, 1963-) is a Japanese illustrator, character designer, and model maker born in Tochio, Niigata Prefecture. He is well known for character designs in Kamen Rider Series entries Kamen Rider Blade, Kamen Rider Kabuto, and Kamen Rider Den-O and the creatures in the GARO series.
In 2009, he was brought onto the productions of Kamen Rider Decade, the Cho-Den-O Series, and Kamen Rider G in designing the Paradoxa Undead, the Alligator Imagin, the villains Goludora and Shilubara, and the Phylloxera Worm, respectively.[1] He later provided the designs of the original villains of the Super Sentai Series's 2011 entry Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. His designs for the various Tokusatsu productions are published in UNDEAD GREEN BLOOD, GITAI, SAY YOUR WISH, and ZANGYACK WORKS LOG.
Art Style
Two common themes in Nirasawa's design are asymmetry and some of the designs having skeletal elements to them.
Filmography
- Space Truckers (Concept art)
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (Set design)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Phantom design)
- Guilstien
- Kamen Rider Blade (Undead design)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (Gigan and Xilien design)
- The Great Yokai War
- Golden Knight Garo (creature design)
- Kamen Rider Kabuto (Worm design)
- Kamen Rider Den-O (Imagin design)
- Kamen Rider Decade (creature design)
- Kamen Rider G (creature design)
- Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (creature design)
- Iron Man: Rise of Technovore
References
- Official website (Japanese)
- Yasushi Nirasawa Undead Works
- Yasushi Nirasawa Worm Works
- Yasushi Nirasawa Imagin Works
- ↑ "仮面ライダーディケイド 第10話 ファイズ学園の怪盗｜東映［テレビ］". Retrieved 2009-03-21.