# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazuto-nakazawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:08:32.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazuto-nakazawa"
name: "Kazuto Nakazawa"
slug: "kazuto-nakazawa"
description: "Kazuto Nakazawa  is a Japanese character designer and director of numerous anime series and video games who also goes by the pseudonym Takeshi Tsuji . 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.\""
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-03-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           9.701952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Kazuto Nakazawa"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump