# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daisuke-nishio
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:14.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daisuke-nishio"
name: "Daisuke Nishio"
slug: "daisuke-nishio"
description: "Daisuke Nishio  is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on Dr. Slump - Arale-chan in 1982. He debuted as director for Dragon Ball in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong. Nishio also directed its sequel TV series, Dragon Ball Z, and several of its films."
tagline: "Japanese animator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1959-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.54
  momentum:             0.8545727136431784
  historical:           9.852128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0632788/"
    handle:    "nm0632788"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%8B"
    title: "西尾大介"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "دايسوك نيشيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Nishio"
    title: "Daisuke Nishio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Nishio"
    title: "Daisuke Nishio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Nishio"
    title: "Daisuke Nishio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%87_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "دایسوکه نیشیو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Nishio"
    title: "Daisuke Nishio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Nishio"
    title: "Daisuke Nishio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%8B"
    title: "西尾大介"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Nishio"
    title: "Daisuke Nishio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%92_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A4"
    title: "دائیسوکے نیشیؤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3012184"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump