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Kazuya Tsurumaki

1966 - Today

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Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻 和哉 Tsurumaki Kazuya) is a Japanese anime director. He was born on February 2, 1966, in the city of Gosen, located in Niigata Prefecture. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at Gainax. Tsurumaki's first project at Gainax was as an animation director for the 1990 television series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water; Tsurumaki was also director of the humorous "omake" (extra) sequences that went along with the TV series, and producer of "Nadia Cinema Edition". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuya Tsurumaki is the 1,626th most popular film director, the 2,085th most popular biography from Japan and the 59th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Kazuya Tsurumaki is most famous for directing the critically acclaimed anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and its subsequent films. He is also known for his work on "Rebuild of Evangelion" and the series "FLCL."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kazuya Tsurumaki ranks 1,626 out of 2,041. Before him are John McNaughton, Tom Six, Penelope Spheeris, Tarik Saleh, Lou Ye, and Miguel Gomes. After him are Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt, Radu Jude, Frank Perry, Ivor Montagu, and Maren Ade.

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Among people born in 1966, Kazuya Tsurumaki ranks 462. Before him are Taiji, Yevgeny Mironov, Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse, Marco Borsato, Patrick Ouchène, and Stone Gossard. After him are Vincenzo Sospiri, Tim Hardaway, Yoshinori Kitase, John Doyle, Joakim Nilsson, and Martin Keown.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuya Tsurumaki ranks 2,084 out of 6,245. Before him are Keiko Kitagawa (1986), Yasuyo Yamagishi (1979), Taishin Morikawa (1994), Keisuke Makino (1969), and Shunichi Nakajima (1982). After him are Kohei Imazeki (1994), Norio Omura (1969), Yuki Takabayashi (1980), Yuka Miyazaki (1983), Takuya Onishi (1975), Yuji Nakazawa (1978), and Yoshinori Kitase (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kazuya Tsurumaki ranks 59. Before him are Takashi Shimizu (1972), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978), Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Hiroyuki Morita (1964), and Noriyuki Abe (1961). After him are Mahiro Maeda (1963), Yasuhiro Takemoto (1972), Mari Okada (1976), Byron Howard (1968), Ryuhei Kitamura (1969), and Tatsuya Ishihara (1966).

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